Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1881

No. 261.
Mr. Blaine to Mr. Morton.

Department of State,
Washington, November 17, 1881.

No. 61.]

Sir: Your dispatch No. 63, of the 28th ultimo, giving an account of the part taken by you in a ceremony in connection with the preparation of Barthold’s statue of “Liberty Enlightening the World,” has been received.

In reply, I beg to say that this Department highly appreciates the spirit of good will upon the part of the French people, shown by the incident which forms the subject of your dispatch.

I am, &c.,

JAMES G. BLAINE.