No. 124.
Mr. Pierrepont to Mr. Evarts.
London, July 7, 1877. (Received July 19.)
Sir: We celebrated the Fourth of July in London by having a reception at my house, at which General Grant was present. In the evening we had a dinner also at my house, but not a public dinner. To the reception all the American ladies and gentlemen in London were invited, and far more than I had supposed were in London attended.
The next morning General Grant left for Brussels. He will not go to Paris for the present, but expects to visit Scotland in the autumn, after his trip to Germany, Russia, Norway, and Sweden.
He has been received in England as ex-President of the United States in a manner very complimentary to our country and evincing an excellent good feeling toward the United States on the part of the Government of Great Britain, as well as on the part of the British people. His visit here, I think, cannot fail to have a very beneficial effect.
I have, &c.,