The Secretary of State to the President of the Western Union Telegraph Go. ( Newcomb Carlton)
Sir: The Department has received your letter of the 13th instant in which you state that your company desires to obtain from the Government of Brazil an arrangement whereby a direct means of communication by telegraph and cable can be established between that country and the United States, in pursuance of which you are about to send a representative to Brazil, and that you are considering the appointment of Mr. Nelson O’Shaughnessy. You ask to be advised whether the Department will endorse your efforts through that representative.
In reply I have to say that the Department is always glad to see American corporations engage in business ventures in other countries in cases where American interest will be advanced.
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