Letter

The Chancellor of the Swiss Confederation, SCHEISS to Made out for communication to Mr. J. Koronikolski, April 10, 1865

Author

The Chancellor of the Swiss Confederation, SCHEISS

Recipient

Made out for communication to Mr. J. Koronikolski

Date

April 10, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Translation.]

The Federal Council to Mr. J. Koronikolski

The Swiss federal council has resolved—

1st. To authorize the federal department of justice and police to give a contribution of one hundred francs each to such Poles as may desire to emigrate to the United States, provided that they find the other necessary means of transportation.

2d. To instruct the Swiss consul general at Washington to inform the government of the United States that a number of Polish refugees intend to emigrate to the United States with the purpose of founding a new home by the acquisition of lands, &c., and that the federal council requests the American government to facilitate to these unfortunate men the execution of their plan as far as practicable.

Given at Berne, April 10, 1865.

The Chancellor of the Swiss Confederation, SCHEISS.

Made out for communication to Mr. J. Koronikolski.

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.