Letter

Thile to George Bancroft, September 1, 1871

Author

Thile

Recipient

George Bancroft

Date

September 1, 1871

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Translation.]

Mr. Von Thile to Mr. Bancroft.

Berlin, September 1, 1871.

The undersigned has had the honor to receive the esteemed note of Mr. Bancroft, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, of the 29th of July last, wherein he, in the name of his High Government, has made the request that His Majesty the Emperor and King would accept the office of arbitrator, referrrd to in the thirty-fourth article of the treaty dated Washington, May 8, 1871, in the present boundary question between the United States and Great Britain. The undersigned has not failed to obtain His Majesty’s decision with regard to his acceptance of this office, and has the honor most respectfully to announce that His Imperial and Royal Majesty has most graciously been pleased to accept the said office of arbitrator.

While the undersigned most respectfully adds that the Royal Chargé d’Affaires of Great Britain at this capital made a similar request on the 29th of July last, and has this day received an answer by note, he avails himself of this occasion to renew to His Excellency the Envoy the assurance of his most distinguished consideration.

V. THILE.

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 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.