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coming from those quarters would com
mand special attention.
With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
j. BIGLow.
10 Hon. VIM H, SEWARD Secretary of

10 Hon. VIM H, SEWARD Secretary OF
| State.
| MR.. BREKMITH TO Mr. BIGLow.
Enclosed is dispatch No. 1871.
PARIS, October Goth. l965.-DEAR SIR:
In conformity with the instructions of
the Secretary of State, which you com.
municated to me, l have to-day placed
myself i'll correspondence with J. c Der
by au agent in New York, and have pre-
pared for him: First, general letter,
placing before him the state of that part
OF the business of the exhibition of 1867
which he will have first to take up. Sec
ond, The loss of time consequent upon
the necessity of waiting for the action of
Congress renders it necessary to transfer
to New York the work of dividing the
ground among exhibitors as suggested to
You i'll my published letter of the 3Oth of
July, when preparations can be made
providing the needful legislation to
complete the work of distribution in a
brief space of time afterward l have
therefore transmitted to Mr. Derby
eighteen letters comprising all of the ap-
plicatiOns for spaces in the exhibition
which | have received to this date. |
desire to have the letters placed on rec
ord as part of the application to be
considered in making the distribution of
the ground and have in conformity advi-
sed the writer's that they will receive from
MIR. Derby in due time definite advices
of the result of their applications.
shall now prepare as early as possible
the plans and drawings by which Mr.
Derby will be governed in making the
allotment, and shall point out to him
the manner and extent to which he can
alter these plans to suit circumstances
without departing from the general or.
der to which all must conform These
documents will be accompanied by ex-
plantations and information which will,
hope, render the work easy | would
now suggest the eXpediency of notice,
authorized by the government, request
ing all no wish to exhibit, aud have
not made application, to send in their
applications to Mr.. Derby, with limit
of time in the notice beyond which no
applications can be received The work
will be so far advanced by this method,
| trust that by the time the needful
legislation is finished the allotment can
at once be made, and the plans, cata-
logues and reports sent forward, so rs to
be returned to the Imperial Commissioner
within the extended time they will be
able to allow us beg to call your
particular attention to the impOr-
tahce of the allotment of ground
This is. IN reality, the formation
in entries of the exhibition The selec-
tion of products will be limited in guam
tity to the area they are to occupy, but
in character they should comprise full
and fair representation of American pro-
ducts, industry, arts and science. To
make these selections and the allotments
of space for them, is the work which now
devOlves upon Mr. Derby, and for the Sc
lection it is not probable that any one
man could be as competent as several,
each chosen for his knowledge in the diff
ferent departments. When the applica-
tions are all in and the work prepared,
the selections and appointments Which
must proceed together, will occupy but
little time. and the attention of the gov
ernment, / trust, will be given To this,
and such persons invited to assist Mr.
Derby, for brief period, in this impor-
tant part of the work.
Your Obedient servant,
n. NJ. BKECKMITH,
Commissioner at Paris.
John Biglow, Esq, Minister of the U. S.
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