No. 12.
_Mr. Pageot to Mr. Forsyth_.
[Translation.]
WASHINGTON, _January 2, 1836_.
_ Hon. JOHN FORSYTH_,
_Secretary of State of the United States_.
SIR: I have the honor to announce to you that, in consequence of the
recall of Mr. Barton, the King's Government has given me orders to
lay down the character of chargé d'affaires of His Majesty near the
Government of the United States. I shall therefore immediately begin the
preparations for my return to France; but in the meantime I think proper
to claim the protection of the Federal Government during the period
which I may consider it necessary to remain in the United States.
I have the honor to be, with the most distinguished consideration, sir,
your most humble and obedient servant,