File No. 834.001 Sch 1/1.

The Secretary of State to the Minister for Foreign Affairs .

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 17th of August last, enclosing a letter, with office copy, addressed to the President of the United States by His Excellency Señor Don Eduardo Schaerer, announcing his elevation to the Chief Magistracy of Paraguay.

His Excellency’s letter has been laid before the President, whose reply will be delivered to its high destination through the American Legation at Montevideo.

Accept [etc.]

P. C. Knox.