Letter

William H. Seward to Shinagawa, August 19, 1874

[Inclosure 11 in No. 811.]

Mr. Seward to Mr. Shinagawa.

No. 7469.]

Sir: I have had the honor to receive your dispatch of this date, and as I learn from it that you are referring the case of Mr. Le Gendre to your minister at Peking, I have to say that in due course the order of release referred to will be transmitted to the United States legation in that city.

I am, &c.,

GEORGE F. SEWARD.
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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.