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Wickham Hoffman to Edward Henry Stanley, July 5, 1876
[Inclosure in No. 122.]
Mr. Hoffman to Lord Derby.
Legation of the United States, London, July 5, 1876.
My Lord: Referring to my note of the 26th April, I am instructed by Mr. Fish to correct an error in my reading of the cipher-telegram from him, referred to in that note. Your lordship had requested me to ascertain from Mr. Fish whether the United States district court was possessed of certain powers. I wrote accordingly. Mr. Fish replied by telegraph, acknowledging the receipt of my dispatch, and adding “has eight.” This word I deciphered “right.” Substituting the word “eight” for right,” I find that the dispatch could not have been intended to be communicated to your lordship as an answer to your inquiry.
I have, &c.,
WICKHAM HOFFMAN.
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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.