Count Cassini to Mr. Adee.
Bar Harbor , September 12 (25), 1902 .
Mr. Assistant Secretary of State: I wish to complete the telegram I had the honor to address to you under date of September 16, and to express to you once more my best thanks for the courtesy and prompt attention of which His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Boris was the recipient at the hands of the Federal Government during his recent trip in the United States.
His Imperial Highness carries with him the most pleasant and grateful remembrance of his sojourn in this great country. The cordial reception extended to the Grand Duke at Sagamore Hill by the President of the United States has particularly touched him, and the Grand Duke has been glad of the opportunity thus offered of meeting and paying his respects to the eminent statesman who presides over the destinies of this country. The broad and generous hospitality His Highness has enjoyed in the United States, and especially at Newport—such hospitality, let it be said in passing, as is only found in our two countries, has deeply touched His Highness and contributed to the indelible impression made on his memory by his sojourn in this country, Russia’s friend.
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I am therefore glad, Mr. Assistant Secretary of State, to be in a position to reiterate to you the assurance that His Imperial Highness has left the United States deeply impressed by the reception extended to him, and, I say it again, earnestly grateful for the courtesies and attentions shown him by the Department of State.
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