No. 340.
Mr. Hoppin
to Mr. Blaine.
Legation of
the United States,
London, November 25, 1881.
(Received December 9.)
No. 224.]Sir: Referring to your personal letter to Mr.
Lowell of the 25th of October last inclosing the order of the President,
dated at Yorktown on the 19th of that month, that the British flag should be
saluted by the forces of the Army and Navy of the United States at that time
assembled at Yorktown, and intimating that Mr. Lowell was at liberty to
communicate the contents of that letter to the British Government if he
should desire to do so, I have the honor to acquaint you that I transmitted
the copy of the President’s order to Lord Granville on the 7th instant, and
that I received yesterday his lordship’s reply to my communication. I
inclose herewith copies of this correspondence.
Lord Granville had already, on the 25th of October, stated in a private
letter to Mr. Lowell the lively satisfaction with which Her Majesty’s
Government had received the news which Mr. Drummond had telegraphed of the
compliment paid to the British flag, and Mr. Lowell had replied from the
Continent to his lordship’s note, cordially reciprocating the kind wishes it
contained.
I have, &c.,
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[Inclosure 1 in No. 224.]
Mr. Hoppin to Lord
Granville.
Legation of the United States,
London
November 7, 1881.
My Lord: I have the honor to acquaint you that
I have received from Mr. Blaine an engrossed copy of the order adopted
at Yorktown for saluting the British flag, which I have great pleasure
in forwarding herewith to your lordship.
Mr Blaine, in his letter transmitting this document, states that the
action was most enthusiastically applauded by the large crowd assembled
at Yorktown, especially that part of the order referring to Her Majesty,
whose popularity in the United States, be adds, is without bounds.
I have &c.,
[Inclosure 2 in No. 224.]
Lord Granville to
Mr. Hoppin.
Foreign
Office, November 21,
1881.
Sir: I have already had the honor to convey to
Mr. Lowell informally, in a letter which I addressed to him on the 25th
ultimo, the feelings of gratification with which Her Majesty’s
Government had received by telegraph from the British chargé d’affaires
at Washington the intelligence of the compliment that had been paid to
the British Sag by order of the President of the United States at the
termination of the ceremonies commemorating the surrender of Yorktown by
Lord Cornwallis; and with your letter of the 7th instant you have been
pleased to communicate to me a copy of the order issued on the occasion
by President Arthur.
In reply, I have the honor to inform you that I have received the Queen’s
commands to request that you will have the goodness to state to the
President of the United States that Her Majesty has been deeply touched
by this proof of the kindly feeling which animates the people of the
sister country with regard to her own person and the British nation at
large.
I have, &c.,
