Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part I

Mr. Gresham to Mr. Thompson.

Department of State,
Washington, January 7, 1895.

No. 204.]

Sir: I have received your No. 316, of November 21 last, reporting the ceremonies attending the laying of the corner stone of a monument to be erected in memory of President Monroe at Rio de Janeiro.

This tribute to the memory of an American statesman can not fail to be appreciated by the Government and people of the United States.

I am, etc.,

W. Q. Gresham

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