Letter from United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 20, 1869

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Letter from United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 20, 1869

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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Faverney, Vicomte de Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893 Henri-Godefroi-Bernard-Alphonse de La Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraguais

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France. Minister of Foreign Affairs United States. Department of State United States. Department of the Interior

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Booksellers and bookselling Printers

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France Jackson (Miss.)Washington (D.C.)

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Department of State
Washington, 20th Dec., 1869

His Excellency, Governor of the State of
Mississippi
Jackson

Sir:

I have the honor to inclose a translation of a note of the 29th of October last, from Count Faverney, the Charge d'Affaries of France here, expressing the wish of his Government to be furnished with copies of any laws in force in the United States, in relation to printing and bookselling. I will accordingly thank your Excellency to provide me with copies or extracts from such of the laws of the State of Mississippi on those subjects as are now in force.

I have the honor to be, sir,
Your obedient servant,

Hamilton Fish

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Translation.

Legation of France in the United States,
Washington, 29th Oct., 1869.

Mr. Secretary of State:

A commission has been appointed in France, by the Department of the Interior, to study questions relative to the laws regulating printing and bookselling.

In notifying me of this, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has expressed a wish to lay before this commission the laws governing the two professions in the principal foreign countries, in order to enable it to compare these laws with our own. The Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne adds that he would only desire to recieve the laws specially relating to printing and bookselling, and not those which refer to the press, properly so called.

I shall be grateful to your Excellency, if you will be kind enough to enable me to satisfy the desire expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France.

Receive, Mr. Secretary of State, the assurances of my very high consideration.

Vte. de Faverney.

Honorable Hamilton Fish, &c., &c., &c.