Excerpt from Europe and America: Reports of Proceedings at an Inauguration Banquet Given by Mr. Cyrus W. Field, of New York, at the Palace Hotel, Buckingham Gate, London, on Friday, the 15th April, 1864
Mr. Cvkvs field then said z - Gentlemen. We are honoured on this occasion by the presence of one to whom both England and America are greatly indebted for his continued, earnest, and sincere exertions during the last three years to maintain peace and good understanding between these two great kindred countries. (hear, hear.) That gentleman descends from a line of statesmen. His grandfather was considered worthy to be the successor to the Presidential chair of (ieorge ashington; his father was the sixth President of the United States: and he himself is the honoured representa tive of my country in (ireat Britain. Without another word, I give you The health of His Excellency Charles Francis Adams. The American Minister.
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