Letter

REYNOLDS, Acting Secretary of the Navy to John L. Cadwalader, November 5, 1874

[Inclosure in No. 84.]

Admiral Reynolds to Mr. Cadwalader.

Sir: The Department is gratified to receive your letter of the 3d instant and its inclosures.

I have the honor to request that you will convey to the authorities of Japan the thanks of the Department for the facilities extended Professor Davidson, United States Navy, and his associates, to enable them properly to observe the transit of Venus; also to Mr. Bingham for his prompt action in the matter.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant.

WM. REYNOLDS,
Acting Secretary of the Navy.

The Honorable John L. Cadwalader, Acting Secretary of State.

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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.