Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part III

Mr. Burlingame to Mr. Seward

No. 70.]

Legation of the United States, Peking, May 21, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to present the annexed letter, (marked A,) from F. B. Forbes, esq., vice-consul in charge of the consulate general of Sweden and Norway at Shanghai, conveying to me the thanks of M. C. C. Manderström minister of foreign affairs for Sweden and Norway, for assistance I was most happy to tender.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

ANSON BURLINGAME.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, &c., &c., &c.

A.

Mr. Forbes to Mr. Burlingame

Shanghai, April 29, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to inform your excellency that I have received a communication from M. C. Count Manderström, his Swedish and Norwegian Majesty’s minister of foreign affairs, wherein he acknowledges the despatches of Mr. Edward Cunningham relative to the recognition of the Chinese of this consulate general.

I am instructed to convey to you M. C. Count Manderström’s best thanks for your excellency’s useful assistance in bringing about this result, and for the friendly feeling exhibited by you towards the interests of his Majesty’s government in this country.

Sir, your excellency’s most obedient, humble servant,

F. B. FORBES, Vice-Consul, in charge of Consulate General.

His Excellency Hon. Anson Burlingame, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for the United States of America, Peking.