Mu. Fis ro Mr, Frepenick F, Low.
Washington, April 20, 1870.
Sin: Tt has been decided to authorize negotiations to be had with the authorities of Corea, for the purpose of securing a treaty for the protection of shipwrecked mariners, and to intrust the conduct of the negotiations to you. Should the opportunity seem favorable for. obtaining commercial advantages in Corea, the proposed treaty should include provisions to that effect; but the President principally aims in this mission to secure protection and good treatment to such seamen of the United States as may unhappily be wrecked upon those shores.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.