Letter

William H. Seward to Hamilton Fish, May 3, 1876

Author

William H. Seward

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

May 3, 1876

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 39. Mr. Seward to Mr. Fish.

Legation of the United States, Peking, May 3, 1876. (Received June 19.)

No. 52.]

Sir: I have the honor to recur to the matter of the railway now being constructed at Shanghai, of which I wrote you in February, and to transmit to you a letter and its inclosures which I have received from Mr. Bradford, and my response.

You will see that Mr. Bradford has very carefully observed the instructions which I gave him in February; a copy of which I sent to you at the time.

I have not altogether approved the course taken in starting this enterprise. It presents, nevertheless, so many elements of promise, that I have felt disposed to give to it such support as I could, without departing from sound principles. In this I have been encouraged by the indications that the Chinese authorities are, from behind the veil, looking with interest for the result.

Under these circumstances I hope for your approval of the course which I have pursued.

I have, &c.,

GEORGE F. SEWARD.

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.