Letter

Prince King to Frederick F. Low, October 19, 1872

Author
Prince King
Recipient
Frederick F. Low
Date
October 19, 1872
Type
Letter
Language
English
[Inclosure .1]

Prince King to Mr. Low.

Peking, October 19, 1872.

Prince Kung, &c., &c.:

Informs your excellency that the board of ceremonies have communicated to him the following decree reverentially received from His Majesty the Emperor;

“We having with pious veneration succeeded to the vast dominion founded by our ancestors, and enjoying in its fullness the glorious lot to which we have been destined, have chosen one virtuous and modest to be the mistress of our imperial home.

“Upon the 15th October, 1872, we, by patent, instated Alutê, daughter of Chung Chi, a shichiang, in the Han Lin College, as Empress.”

This from the Emperor.

In respectful obedience to His Majesty’s will, the felicitous act was celebrated on the 16th October, and, as friendly powers ought by right to be apprised of this, the prince, besides addressing the other representatives on the subject, begs to submit the present communication for your excellency’s perusal.

A necessary communication.

His Excellency F. F. Low, Minister, &c., &c.

Topics
19th CenturyDiplomacyReconstruction
Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.