Mr. Hunter to Mr. Adams
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 4th instant, No. 943, transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a meeting called by you [Page 371] on the first of the present month at St. James Hall, in conformity with a request of the American residents in London, to enable them to give expression to their feelings on the occasion of the lamentable death of the late President; also a number of addresses, resolutions, and memorials, upon the same subject, which you have received from various corporate bodies in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Your suggestion in regard to the manner of responding to these demonstrations is approved by this department, and your course is highly commended.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.