Letter

William H. Seward to Charles Hale, November 11, 1868

Mr. Seward to Mr. Hale.

No. 62.]

Sir: Your dispatch of the 19th of October, No. 130, has been received. Your proceeding in denouncing the attempted assassination of the Viceroy of Egypt is entirely approved. You will be expected to make this approval known to his Highness, with an assurance that the government and people of the United States unreservedly reprobate that odious crime, and fervently congratulate him upon his providential deliverance.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Charles Hale, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

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.