Letter

Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, March 11, 1865

Author

Right Hon. Earl Russell

Recipient

Charles Francis Adams

Date

March 11, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

Lord Russell to Mr. Adams

Foreign Office, March 11, 1865

The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, has the honor to transmit to Mr. Adams, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States at this court, copies of notes which have been addressed to the undersigned by the representatives of Austria and Prussia at this court, announcing the determination of their respective governments to grant to the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg a provisional national flag, and requesting the recognition of the same flag by her Majesty’s government.

The undersigned begs at the same time to transmit to Mr. Adams a copy of a despatch which he has addressed to her Majesty’s representatives at Vienna and Berlin, containing the decision of her Majesty’s government on this question, for communication to the governments of Austria and Prussia.

The undersigned requests Mr. Adams to accept the assurances of his highest consideration.

RUSSELL.

Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C.