The Secretary of State to
Minister Graves.
Department of State,
Washington, June 1,
1906.
No. 44.]Sir: The President having been pleased to
appoint you as ambassador extraordinary of the United States on special
mission to represent this Government upon the occasion of the coronation
of His Majesty Haakon VII, as King of Norway, at Trondhjem on June 22
next, I inclose herewith your commission.
I have notified the Norwegian minister at this capital of your
designation for this service.
I inclose also, with an office copy, the President’s autograph letter
extending his congratulations to the King. This letter you are to
present to His Majesty when received by him.
Such actual and necessary expenses as you may incur in connection with
this mission will be defrayed by the department.
I am, sir, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
President Roosevelt to King Haakon
VII of Norway.
Great and Good Friend: I have received
through Mr. Hauge, Your Majesty’s envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary near the Government of the United States,
intelligence that Your Majesty is to be crowned at Trondhjem on the
22d of June next.
I therefore desire to offer to Your Majesty my congratulations upon
the occasion and to assure you of the friendship of the Government
and people of the United States and of their good wishes for the
welfare of Your Majesty and the happiness of the people under Your
Majesty’s dominion.
I trust that your reign will redound to Your Majesty’s glory and to
the prosperity and happiness of the Norwegian people, in whose
affections may Your Majesty long live.
And I pray God to have Your Majesty in His safe and holy keeping.
Done at
Washington
this seventeenth
day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and six.
Theodore
Roosevelt.
By the President:
Elihu
Root,
Secretary of
State.
