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could be done for the relief of the distressed seamen would 

 be omitted. 



Immediately upon receipt of the first news about the 

 Jeannette, Mr. James Gordon Bennett, who was residing in 

 Paris at that time, transferred the sum of 6000 roubles by 

 telegraph, through the Messrs. Rothschilds, to General Igna- 

 tieff at St. Petersburg, with a request that he would draw on 

 Mr. Bennett for any further sums required for the succor 

 and comfort of Lieutenant DeLong and his party. About 

 the same time Mr. Bennett received from General Ignatieff 

 the following telegram : - 



" Have hastened to communicate to your correspondent 

 the news received from Yakutsk, and have given orders to 

 the governor to take the most energetic measures for the 

 rescue of the shipwrecked crew, together with authority to 

 undertake all necessary expenses, for which I have promised 



to reimburse him. 



IGNATIEFF." 



The following are copies of dispatches from the State 

 Department, transmitted by cable, to Mr. Hoffman, at St. 

 Petersburg : 



" DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 

 WASHINGTON, December 20th, 1881. 



HOFFMAN, Charge", St. Petersburg: 



Tender hearty thanks of President to all authorities or 

 persons who have in any way been instrumental in assisting 

 unfortunate survivors from Jeannette, or furnishing informa- 

 tion to this government. 



FRELINGHUYSEN." 



" DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 

 WASHINGTON, D. C., December 23d, 1881. 

 HOFFMAN, St. Petersburg : - 



Convey the thanks of the President to the imperial govern- 

 ment for its liberal and generous action in advancing the 

 necessary funds to render assistance to the members of the 

 Jeannette expedition, and inform Mr. DeGiers that you are 



