Letter

Richard Cutts Shannon to Hamilton Fish, November 30, 1873

Author

Richard Cutts Shannon

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

November 30, 1873

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 49. Mr. Shannon to Mr. Fish.

United States Legation, Rio de Janeiro, November 30, 1873. (Received January 23, 1874.)

No. 139.]

Sir: I lately received from the Viscount de Caravellas, minister for foreign affairs, an official note, under flying seal, directed to Mr. Partridge, accompanied by the request that I would forward it to him at once, wherever he might be.

As that note conveyed the thanks of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor for the very important service lately rendered by Mr. Partridge as arbitrator in the case of the Dundonald reclamation, as well as the official announcement that this government acquiesced in the award, I thought it desirable to make a translation of it for the information of the Department before forwarding it to its destination. That translation is appended to this dispatch.

During my conferences with the Viscount de Caravellas, I have had frequent proofs of the high appreciation entertained of the service thus rendered by our envoy at this court.

I have, &c.,

RICHARD CUTTS SHANNON.

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.