No. 350.
Sir L. S.
Sackville West to Mr. Bayard.
Washington, August 15, 1887.
(Received August 16.)
Sir: I have the honor to inclose a letter which
the Queen has addressed to the President of the United States in answer
to that addressed to Her Majesty by the President conveying his
congratulations on the occasion of her jubilee, and to request that the
same may be delivered into the hands of the President.
A copy of the letter is also inclosed.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Queen Victoria
to the President.
Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India, etc.,
to the President of the United States of America, sendeth greetings:
Our good friend: We have received from the hands of Mr. Phelps, the
United States minister at our court, the letter which you addressed
to us on the 26th of May last, and in which you convey your
congratulations and those of the people of the United States on the
occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of our
accession to the Throne. We request you to accept our hest thanks
for this proof of friendship and good-will which, with the similar
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proofs we have
received from the rulers and people of other states, has caused us
the most sincere gratification. In thanking you also for the choice
which you have made of Mr. Phelps to be the interpreter of your
sentiments on this occasion, we request you to accept in return our
best wishes for your own uninterrupted happiness and welfare, and
for the prosperity of the United States of America. And so we
recommend you to the protection of the Almighty.
Given at our court at Windsor Castle the 18th day of July, in the
year of our Lord 1887, and in the fifty-first year of our reign.
Your good friend,
