Letter
Pennington to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, December 2, 1864
Mr. Pennington to Mr. Drouyn de Lhuys.
Paris, December 2, 1864.
Monsieur le Ministre: I have to communicate to your excellency the painful intelligence of the death of the Hon. William L. Dayton, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States in France. This event occurred last evening at nine o’clock, after an illness of a few minutes.
I have the honor to present to your excellency assurances of my high consideration.
Your obedient servant, &c,
WILLIAM S. PENNINGTON.
M. Drouyn de Lhuys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paris.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C.