Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1900

Mr. Hill to Lord Pauncefote.

[Personal.]

Department of State,
Washington, September 20, 1900.

My Dear Mr. Ambassador: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your personal note of the 15th instant, stating that you have received a telegram from the Marquis of Salisbury in which he desires you to convey to the Secretary of State the deep sympathy of Her Majesty’s Government on the occasion of the disaster at Galveston.

In assuring you that Lord Salisbury’s message is highly appreciated by Mr. Hay, I beg to thank you also for your expression of personal sorrow.

I am, etc.,

David J. Hill.