A History of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with Persia: Compiled Mainly from the Official Records and Communications of the United States' Government, and from Contemporary Writings

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E.R. Alderman & Sons, Printers, 1887 - 55 стор.
 

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Сторінка 14 - SIR : I have the honor to transmit herewith for your information a copy of a dispatch (No.
Сторінка 23 - I have the honor to inclose herewith, for your information, a copy of a letter from the United States attorney for Oregon.
Сторінка 29 - Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment which I send to the desk. The Clerk read as follows: "Amendment offered by Mr. O'Hara of Minnesota: On page 6, line 22, strike out "$176,000,000...
Сторінка 35 - To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of War...
Сторінка 43 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5352 of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the...
Сторінка 13 - I take this opportunity of stating officially that such reports as those which have been circulated to the prejudice of the American missionaries are mischievous slanders, completely devoid of truth. The United States have every reason to be proud of men who, at all times conspicuous for their practical piety, displayed at Oroomiah, Persia, amidst famine, pestilence and war, a coolness and pluck which will never be forgotten by those who were present during that season of trial.
Сторінка 35 - Senate of the 8th instant, requesting the President, " if in his opinion not incompatible with the public interest, to furnish to the Senate copies of any correpondence on the fifes of the department, relating to any recent events in Mexico," has the honor to lay before the President the papers mentioned in the subjoined list.
Сторінка 24 - The pamphlet from which we have made these extracts contains a letter to Mr. Lowell from Rev. Dr. Labaree, in behalf of the mission, in which he says : We desire to express to our government, and to the British government, as also to yourself, our hearty appreciation of the kind and very opportune action taken in our behalf. The peculiar exigency of our situation, such unexpected interposition on the part of our government, and its happy effects, lifting from us a heavy load of anxiety, all go to...
Сторінка 37 - Siepehsalar-Azam-Hadji-MirzaHoussein-Khan, ambassador extraordinary of the Shah of Persia, sent to congratulate the Emperor of Russia on his accession to the throne. In the course of the conversation which ensued, the prince expressed regret that the United States did not maintain some kind of official relations with Persia, notwithstanding a treaty of friendship and commerce existed contemplating such relations. He said that American vessels visited Persian ports, and there were American citizens...
Сторінка 13 - ... of open hostility toward him, or failed to take advantage of the friendly feelings he professed for them. But they were careful, at the same time, to give convincing proofs that their sentiments toward the Persian authorities were as cordial as ever and remained unimpaired. They behaved throughout with unexampled loyalty. Every communication they received from the sheikh was, at my suggestion, made known to the governor of Oroomiah ; and when an assault upon the town seemed imminent, they afforded...

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