Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1878

No. 300.
Mr. Blanc to Mr. Evarts.

[Translation.]

Legation of Italy,
1017 Connecticut Avenue, January 18, 1878. (Received Jan. 19.)

Sir: I shall to-day have the honor to send you the invitations, of which I spoke with Mr. Seward, to the solemn service which will be held on Tuesday next, the 22d instant, at half past 10 a.m., at the church of Saint Aloysius, in memory of King Victor Emanuel; but before all, I desire to beg you to inform his excellency the President of the United States how highly the legation would feel honored by his presence at this ceremony, at which the diplomatic corps has been invited to be present in uniform, and how highly appreciated it would be as an evidence of the sympathy which united our two countries.

Be pleased to accept, &c.

BLANC.