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R Hitt to Evarts, August 20, 1877
No. 103. Mr. Hitt to Mr. Evarts.
Legation of the United States, Paris, August 20, 1877. (Received September 7.)
No. 1523.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith three copies of a circular received from Mr. Berger, director of the foreign sections of the Universal Exposition of 1878, and which has been sent to all the commissions of foreign countries, giving much information in regard to the state of advancement of the work, and urging prompt action on the part of the commissions.
You will remark the important statement that the essential parts of the exposition buildings will be completed by the 15th of September, and the laying of the floors between then and the 1st of October, when the commission of each country can proceed to parcel out its section.
I have, &c.,
R. R. HITT.
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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.