Letter

The Right Honorable the Earl Granville to Benjamin Moran, September 6, 1871

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Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 31st ultimo, acquainting me that the President of the United States has named Mr. Robert S. Hale, of New York, as the agent of the United States Government to attend the commissioners to be appointed under Article XII of the treaty of Washington of May 8.

I beg to take this opportunity of informing you that Mr. Henry Howard, third secretary in Her Majesty’s diplomatic service, has been already appointed to act in a similar capacity on behalf of Her Majesty’s government.

I have, &c.,

GRANVILLE.

Benjamin Moran, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr 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 Pr.