Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1897

Mr. Olney to Prince Wrede.

Department of State,
Washington, July 7, 1896.

No. 121.]

Sir: Referring to your note of the 8th ultimo relative to the proper form of the declaration which should be used under section 2165 of the Revised Statutes of the United States for the naturalization of subjects of the Empire of Austria or of the Kingdom of Hungary, respectively, I have the honor to inclose for your use copies of a memorandum¹ in regard to the subject which the Department has transmitted to the governors of the several States and to the Attorney-General of the United States for the information of the various Federal and State courts of the Union which are authorized to issue certificates of naturalization.

Accept, etc.,

Richard Olney.

1. Not printed.