Mr. Hay to Mr. McCormick.

No. 32.]

Sir: Referring to your unnumbered dispatch of the 18th ultimo, I have now to inform you that the Mexican ambassador here, in his note No. 249a of the 7th of this month, expresses the earnest thanks of his Government for your kindness and courtesy in informing the Department of the arrival of the remains of the late Mexican minister to [Page 26] Austria-Hungary and of the arrival of the wife and family of the deceased minister at New York, in order that the customary customs courtesies might be extended.

I am, etc.,

John Hay
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