No. 8.
Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Fish.
No. 314.]
American Legation, Berlin, December 28, 1871. (Received Jan.
16.)
Sir: Herewith I inclose a translation of a
letter received from the Chancellor of the German Empire, acknowledging
the receipt of the American memorial on the northwest boundary question,
and informing me that he was on the point of laying it before the
Emperor.Receipt of memorial
acknowledged.
I remain, &c.,
Mr. Von Philipsborn to Mr. Bancroft.
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Berlin, December 20,
1871.
The undersigned has the honor to acknowledge the receipt from the
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States of America, Mr. Bancroft, in reply to his note of the 12th
instant, respecting the boundary dispute between the United States
and Great Britain, the memorial and proof which were therewith
transmitted. The undersigned is on the point of submitting these
documents, as well as those communicated by the Royal Chargé
d’Affaires of Great Britain on the 13th and 15th instant, to His
Majesty the Emperor and King. The undersigned avails himself of this
further occasion to renew to the Minister Plenipotentiary the
assurance of his most distinguished consideration.
For the Chancellor of the Empire.
VON PHILIPSBORN.
