Legation of
the United States,
Teheran, December 25, 1891.
(Received February 5.)
No. 28.]
[Inclosure in No. 28.]
Mr. Esselslyn to
Mr. Beale.
Teheran, Persia, December 24, 1891.
Dear Sir: I have the honor to hand you the
following copy of action taken at our station meeting of December 21,
1891, viz:
“Whereas, the Hon. Truxton Beale has recovered for us a piece of property
in the city Kasvin which was in danger of being lost through the
unfaithfulness of a native helper, and has secured the seal of the
Amen-i-Sultan (prime minister of Persia)
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to the same, thus not only making the title of the
property secure in the name of one of our missionaries, but at the same
time establishing a valuable precedent for our holding property in the
provinces, a thing which we had hardly supposed possible anywhere in
Persia, and by no means a possibility in the city of Kasvin at the
present time: Therefore,
Resolved, That we express to his excellency our
thanks for his skillful and rapid action in the matter, and especially
our appreciation of the vantage ground he has thus gained for us;
also—
Resolved, That one copy of this action be
forwarded to his excellency the Hon. Truxtun Beale, United States
minister to Persia, and another copy to the Board of Foreign Missions of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.”
Believe me, etc.,
Lewis F. Esselslyn.
Secretary Presbyterian
Mission.
