Mr. Yeaman to Mr.
Seward.
No. 58.]
Legation of the United States,
Copenhagen,
March 15, 1867.
Sir: Yesterday evening I received a note from
Count Frijs announcing the death of the mother of the King of Denmark,
and now herewith enclose a translation of his note, and a copy of mine
in reply.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
[Translation.]
Count Frijs to Mr. Yeaman.
Copenhagen,
March 14, 1867.
Monsieur: I perform a melancholy duty in
announcing to you that God has been pleased to call to Himself last
night her highness Madame the Duchess Dowager Louise Caroline of
Schleswig-Holstein-Sõnderborg-Glückborg, by birth princess of Hesse
Cassei, the mother of the King, my august sovereign.
In inviting you, monsieur, to bring this sad death to the knowledge
of your government, I seize this occasion to reiterate to you the
assurances of my most distinguished consideration.
Monsieur Yeaman, Minister Resident of the United States of America.
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Mr. Yeaman to Count Frijs.
Legation of the United
States, Copenhagen, March 15,
1867.
Monsteur: I have received your excellency’s
note of yesterday conveying to me the melancholy intelligence of the
decease, in the previous night, of her highness Madame the Duchess
Dowager Louise Caroline of Schleswig-Holstein-Sõnderborg-Glückborg,
the mother of his Majesty the King of Denmark.
I will hasten to inform my government of this afflicting event, and
in the mean time I assure you of my own most sincere sympathy with
those whom it has so overwhelmed with sorrow, and beg your
excellency to accept the assurance of my most distinguished
consideration.
Monsieur Count FRIJS, Minister Foreign Affairs
and President of the Council, Copenhagen.
