Letter

Robert C. Schenck to To the Right Honorable the Earl of Derby, November 7, 1874

Author

Robert C. Schenck

Recipient

To the Right Honorable the Earl of Derby

Date

November 7, 1874

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2 in No. 634.]

General Schenck to Lord Derby.

Legation of the United States, London, November 7, 1874.

My Lord: Referring to your two notes, of the 31st ultimo and the 6th instant, on the subject of granting the astronomers of the United States engaged in observing the transit of Venus the free use of the telegraphic wires in Victoria and South Australia, i beg now to gratefully acknowledge the promptness of Her Majesty’s government in forwarding my application; and i have also to ask your lordship to convey to the secretary of state for the colonies my cordial thanks to the governments of Victoria and South Australia for their ready and cordial compliance with the request of my Government.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, my lord, your lordship’s most obedient servant,

ROBT. C. SCHENCK.

To the Right Honorable the Earl of Derby, &c., &., &c.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

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.