Letter

To George F. Seward to Prince Kung, June 29, 1876

Author

To George F. Seward

Recipient

Prince Kung

Date

June 29, 1876

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2 in No. 95.]

Mr. Seward to Prince Kung.

Peking, June 29, 1876.

To His Imperial Highness Prince Kung:

I have received your dispatch of to-day making mention of a report which has come to the Yamen from Mr. Yung-Wing, in regard to the treatment of, Chinese in California.

The anxiety of my Government to meet this matter in a candid manner will have been indicated to you by my conversation with the members of the Yamen yesterday. Having received your letter, it becomes my duty to transmit it to my Government for its information.

I take this occasion to repeat very warmly the expression of my desire that your mission at Washington and a consulate at San Francisco may be soon established. It is very desirable that you should be accurately informed of the situation of your people in America, and that my Government should have the assistance of your officials in dealing with them.

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.