Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1870

No. 99.

Mr. Davis to Mr. Berthemy.

Department of State, Washington, August 6, 1870.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 3d instant, with which, under the instructions of your government, you communicate to this Department the text of the declaration made on the 20th ultimo to the senate and the legislative body, by the minister for foreign affairs of his Majesty the Emperor.

Accept, sir, a renewed assurance of my high consideration.

J. C. B. DAVIS, Acting Secretary.

M. Berthemy, &c., &c., &c.