Letter

Reindeer to Commander Kennedy, March 23, 1873

Author

Reindeer

Recipient

Commander Kennedy

Date

March 23, 1873

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2.]

Mr. Biddle to Commander Kennedy

Legation of the United States, San Salvador, March 23, 1873.

My Dear Captain: I have received with extreme gratification your hospitable proffer of Her Majesty’s ship Reindeer as a refuge from the existing peril.

As my family are now sheltered from danger, I believe it to be my duty to remain at my post, but cordially tender to you my grateful thanks for this noble tender of material assistance from a kindred nationality, Which my Government will appreciate.

I have, &c.,

THOMAS BIDDLE.
Commander R. W. Kennedy, R. N., H. M. S. Reindeer.

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.