No. 241.
The President to
the Emperor of Russia.
Great and Good Friend: I was highly pleased to receive from your Majesty the letter of congratulation which you addressed to me on the 17th of June, in anticipation of the then approaching celebration of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
The cordial relations of friendship and national regard referred to by your Majesty as having prevailed in so marked a degree between the two countries during the century just closed are also adverted to on my part with feelings of keen satisfaction, and I trust that they may continue unimpaired throughout the century upon which we have just entered.
With the hope that, during the residue of your Majesty’s reign, the progress of the countries which are subject to your domain may be as signal as it has hitherto been in all that contributes to the happiness and prosperity of a people, I pray the Almighty to have your Majesty in His safe and holy keeping.
Your good friend,
Secretary of State.