Letter

VAN VALKENBURGH, Minister Resident of the United States to Itakura Iga No Kam, January 13, 1868

No. 7.

Mr. Van Valkenburgh to Itakura Iga No Kami.

No. 9.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s letter under date of the 12th instant, tendering to me the sincere sympathy of the Tycoon, as well as that of yourself, upon the occasion of the recent sad accident, and I ask your excellency to convey to the Tycoon, and to receive for yourself, my thanks for the kind and considerate words you have written.

A copy of your excellency’s letter shall be transmitted to my government.

With respect and esteem,

R. B. VAN VALKENBURGH, Minister Resident of the United States.

His Excellency Itakura Iga No Kami, &c., &., &c., Osaka.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Third Session of the Fortiet 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 Third Session of the Fortiet.