Mr. Gresham to Senhor Mendonça.
Department of State,
Washington, March 28, 1893.
Washington, March 28, 1893.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 25th instant announcing the death in this city on that date of Baron [Page 144] de Aguiar de Andrada, chief of the Brazilian special mission to the United States.
It is with deep regret that I receive this information, and I beg to express the sincere sympathy felt by the President in the death of this distinguished citizen of Brazil.
Accept, etc.,
W. Q. Gresham.