No. 268.
Mr. Nicholas
Fish to Mr. Fish.
United
States Legation,
Berlin, July 20, 1874.
(Received August 6.)
No. 6.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose a translation of
the acknowledgment from the secretary of state of the note which I addressed
to Prince Bismarck relative to his attempted assassination.
I am, &c.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Mr. Von Bülow to
Mr. Nicholas Fish.
Foreign
Office, Berlin,
July 19, 1874.
In reply to the note of the 14th instant, of the American chargé
d’affaires, Mr. Fish, addressed to the chancellor of the empire, his
serene highness Prince Bismarck, the undersigned, acting under
instructions, has the honor to bespeak the kind offices of
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Mr. Fish in communicating to
His Excellency the President of the United States the expression of the
heart-felt gratitude of his serene highness for the sympathy shown him
upon the occasion of his escape from deadly peril. Prince Bismarck
desires at the same time to express his warmest thanks for the words of
sympathy which the American chargé d’affaires has had the kindness to
utter in his own name, as well as in the name of his countrymen. The
undersigned embraces this opportunity to renew to the chargé d’affaires
the assurance of his most distinguished consideration.
