Mr. Spalding to Mr. Seward.
No. 45.]
Legation of the United States,
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands,
July 9, 1868.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt per mail, from the Department of State, of one package addressed
to this legation, containing four copies of the “Tributes of the Nations
to Abraham Lincoln.”
The copy enclosed in a case and marked “For the Hawaiian government,” I
forwarded to his excellency the minister of foreign relations, with a
letter, a copy of which is herewith inclosed, marked “Inclosure No. 1.”
A copy of his excellency’s reply is also inclosed, marked “Inclosure No.
2.”
The copy addressed to “the municipal authorities of the district of
Lahaina” I have forwarded, with letter, to Elias Perkins, esq., United
States consul at Lahaina, to be presented to his excellency the governor
of the island of Mani, as the head of the municipal authority for the
district of Lahaina.
The copy addressed “To the Rev. E. Corwin,” &c., &c., I have not
yet delivered, Mr. Gorwin being temporarily absent from the city.
The copy addressed “To the gentleman who at the time of the death of
President Lincoln held the position of minister for foreign affairs,” I
hold subject to further instructions from the department, the gentleman
referred to, the Hon. Mr. Wyllie, being dead.
I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Spalding to Mr. de Varigny.
Legation of the United States at
Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands,
July 3, 1868.
Sir: I have the honor to herewith present,
through you, to his Hawaiian Majesty’s government, in the name of
the United States, a copy of the “Tributes of the Nations to Abraham
Lincoln.”
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Permit me to hope that the memory of our revered and lamented
President may but intensify those relations of friendship and comity
which have so happily marked the intercourse between his Hawaiian
Majesty’s government and the United States.
I have the honor to renew to your excellency the assurance of the
high regard and distinguished consideration with which I remain your
excellency’s most obedient servant,
Z. S. SPALDING, Acting Chargé
d’Affaires.
His Excellency C. de Varigny,
H. H. M.’s Minister of Foreign Relations,
&c., &c., &c.
Mr. de Varigny to Mr. Spaulding.
Department of Foreign
Affairs,
Honolulu,
July 3, 1868.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of to-day’s date, presenting through me to
his Hawaiian Majesty’s government, in the name of the United States,
a copy of the “Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln.”
I beg to tender to you, and through you to the government of the
United States, the thanks of his Majesty’s government for this
handsome memento of the late revered and lamented President of the
United States, and I most heartily agree with you in the belief that
the reverence felt and paid to his memory by the Hawaiian government
and people can but intensify those relations of friendship and amity
which have so happily marked the intercourse between the two
nations.
I renew to you the assurances of the very distinguished consideration
with which I remain your very obedient servant,
Colonel Z. S. Spaulding,
Acting Chargé d’Affaires of the United States
of America, &c., &c., &c.
