File No. 9143/2.

The Secretary of State to Ambassador Reid.

No. 550.]

Sirs: I inclose for your information copy of a correspondence between the British ambassador and this departmenta concerning the [Page 542] desire of the British Government to conclude an agreement by which American citizens who propose to marry British subjects might be furnished with certificates showing that no impediment according to American laws exists to the marriage.

I am, etc.,

E. Root.
  1. Supra.