Letter

Von Bülow to Nicholas Fish, July 19, 1874

Author

Von Bülow

Recipient

Nicholas Fish

Date

July 19, 1874

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure.—Translation.]

Mr. Von Bülow to Mr. Nicholas Fish.

Foreign Office, Berlin, July 19, 1874.

In reply to the note of the 14th instant, of the American chargé d’affaires, Mr. Fish, addressed to the chancellor of the empire, his serene highness Prince Bismarck, the undersigned, acting under instructions, has the honor to bespeak the kind offices of Mr. Fish in communicating to His Excellency the President of the United States the expression of the heart-felt gratitude of his serene highness for the sympathy shown him upon the occasion of his escape from deadly peril. Prince Bismarck desires at the same time to express his warmest thanks for the words of sympathy which the American chargé d’affaires has had the kindness to utter in his own name, as well as in the name of his countrymen. The undersigned embraces this opportunity to renew to the chargé d’affaires the assurance of his most distinguished consideration.

VON BÜLOW.

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.