Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I had a visit this week from Blaque Bey, the newly appointed envoy extraordinary of the Sultan to the United States. He informs me that, after a long term of diplomatic service on the continent, he has been gratified by his promotion to the first mission established by his country in the United States. He speaks French and English with sufficient facility to render communication with him perfectly easy; and his familiarity with the manners and customs, as well as the policy, of western nations, places him at once on a footing to promote the relations of amity which it is the object of the Sultan by this step to confirm.
The Sultan himself is now on a visit to this kingdom, and notice was given to the various members of the corps diplomatique that he would be happy to receive them at Buckingham palace, where he is lodged. Accordingly, I attended among the rest, and was presented to him in my turn. He made, through his interpreter, some remarks upon the desirableness of maintaining friendly relations between the two countries, though situated at points of the globe so remote from each other, which I received with the proper acknowledgment. He looks, I think, younger than he is; has handsome features, with a good presence, and bears himself with simplicity and dignity becoming his situation.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.