Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part I

No. 169.
Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish.

Washington, April 5, 1872. (Received April 9.)

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ultimo, relative to the facts which I was instructed by Lord Granville to submit to you, with regard to the slave-trade on the east coast of Africa, and I beg to offer you my best thanks for having acceded to the wishes of Her Majesty’s government in this matter. I have forwarded a copy of your note to Lord Granville, to whom I hope it will be satisfactory.

I have, &c,

EDWD. THORNTON.