Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 6, 1875, Volume I

No. 251.
Mr. Fish to Mr. Schlözer.

Department of State,
Washington, December 15, 1874.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday, in which you state that you have been directed by your government to express its thanks for aid afforded, in the absence of a diplomatic representative of Germany, by Mr. Brent, chargé d’affaires, and Mr. Thomas, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States at Lima, in the adjustment of claims of German subjects on the government of Peru.

In reply, I have to express my satisfaction that those gentlemen have been serviceable to a friendly power held in such high esteem as Germany is by the United States. The view which the German government takes of those services shall at once be made known to Mr. Thomas.

Accept, &c.,

HAMILTON FISH.