Mr. Foster to Mr.
Newberry.
Department
of State,
Washington, November 16,
1892.
No. 421.]Sir: I transmit for your files a copy of a letter
of Mr. Gillespie, of the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian
Church, New York, embodying resolutions appreciative of Mr. Hirsch, late
minister of the United States at Constantinople.
I am, etc.,
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[Inclosure in No. 421.]
Mr. Gillespie to
Mr. Foster.
New
York, November 11,
1892.
My Dear Sir: It gives me pleasure, under
direction of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States of America, to forward you a copy of a minute adopted
at its session on the 7th instant. It is as follows:
“Resolved, That the Board of Foreign Missions of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, recognizing the
eminent services of Hon. Solomon Hirsch, United States minister at
Constantinople, extends to Mr. Hirsch the assurance of its high
appreciation of his diplomatic labors in supporting the rights of
American citizens in the Turkish Empire, and especially of the exact and
full knowledge attained by him of the missionary work carried on by this
board and of the faithful and energetic efforts put forth by him to
secure the rights guaranteed to our missionaries by treaties with the
Sublime Porte.
“Resolved further, That a copy of this action be
transmitted by the recording secretary to the Department of State at
Washington.”
In behalf of the board:
Jno. Gillespie,
Recording Secretary.
