No. 588.
Mr. Blaine to Señor Elmore.
Washington, August 27, 1881.
Sir: I have had the honor to receive from your hands the letter whereby his excellency the minister of foreign relations of Peru acquaints me with your selection by the President of that republic as its minister resident accredited to this government.
The critical condition of the President of the United States at the present time forbids any immediate arrangement for the formal presentation of your credentials, but it will afford me, in the name of this government, great pleasure to enter forthwith into full diplomatic relations with you pending the observance of that formality. To this end I beg that you will kindly transmit to me now the office copy of the letter of credence which you bear from the President of Peru, leaving to a later day the presentation of the original to the President.
Agreeably to your verbal request, I have the pleasure to send you herewith a copy of the note of Señor Galvez, which you handed to me in our recent interview on the 26th instant.
Accept, sir, &c.,