Department Of State,
Washington, March 18th, 1863.
Samuel J. Kirkwood Esq.,
Iowa City, Iowa.
Sir:—The
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate having appointed
you to be Minister Resident of the United States to Denmark, I have the honor
to announce the same to you, and to request that you will inform this
department how soon, in the event of your accepting the appointment, you will
be prepared to proceed to Copenhagen.
I am, sir,
Your obedient
servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD
SOURCE: Henry Warren Lathrop, The Life and Times of
Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa's War Governor, p. 276
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