No. 640.
Mr. Cadwalader to Aristarchi
Bey.
Washington , October 30, 1874.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your note of the 15th instant, and the school-books therewith transmitted for the library of the Commissioner of Education.
Pursuant to your request, the expressions of gratitude offered by the minister of public instruction to the Commissioner of Education for the works presented to the former, have been conveyed to him; and application has been made for a collection of the text-books used in the public schools of the United States, which the minister desires.
Accept, &c.,
Acting Secretary.