Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 7, 1874

No. 2.
Circular No 53.

Department of State,
Washington, February 25, 1874.

To the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States:

Gentlemen: Hereafter passports issued to a citizen of the United States from this Department are to be regarded as valid for two years from their respectives dates, but not longer.

I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

HAMILTON FISH.