Letter

Wên Hsiang to Frederick F. Low, March 1, 1873

Author

Wên Hsiang

Recipient

Frederick F. Low

Date

March 1, 1873

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 1.]

Ministers of the Yamên to Mr. Low.

Peking, March 1, 1873.

Sir: We had the honor to receive, on the 24th of February, the collective dispatch of your excellency and the other foreign ministers; and the members of the yamên were intending to go to your legation for the purpose of having an interview with your excellency on the subject.

But it so happens that His Excellency Wên has applied for leave on account of illness, which will cause a delay of some days. Our special object in writing you to-day is to acquaint you with this circumstance. As soon, however, as Minister Wên shall be convalescent and his leave shall have expired, a day will be named on which we shall all pay you a visit and confer with you about the question.

We avail ourselves of this opportunity to send you our best compliments and wishes.

[Cards of all the ministers except

Wên Hsiang

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.