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Bille, charg6 d'affaires of Denmark, and a copy of a note of the 25th ul- 

 timo from Baron do Wetterstedt, the Swedish and Norwegian minister, 

 both referring to your proposed exchange of oflicial documents between 

 the Governments of Denmark and Sweden and Norway and the Govern- 

 ment of the United States. 



I am, sir, your dbedient servant, 

 William n. Seward. 



llnclosure No 1. — Translation. ] 



Legation of Denmark, Washington, January 23, 1868. 

 Hon. William H. Seward, 



Secretary of State : 



Sir: The Royal Government has charged me to communicate to you 

 that it is happy to give its adhesion to the exchange of official documents 

 which during last year was proposed to it by the Government of the 

 United States, and of which the Smithsonian Institution at Washington 

 would serve as intermediary according to the organization planned in 

 the letter of Mr. Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, dated 

 May 16, 1867. 



I have the honor to add that the Grand Eoyal Library of Copenhagen 

 is in charge, from this time, of all matters connected with such inter- 

 change, and that the different branches of the Danish administration 

 will place subject to the direction of the library the publicatious they 

 may wish to offer to the Government of the United States. 



In consequence, and referring to the letter above mentioned from IVIr. 

 Henry, I venture to ask you, Mr. Secretary of State, to please inform 

 me who is the agent of the Smithsonian Institution who will, at Copen- 

 hagen, be in charge of the packages intended for exchange with Den- 

 mark. 



Please accept, Mr. Secretary of State, the assurances of my highest 

 consideration. 



F. Bille. 



llnclosure No. 2. — Translation.] 



Legation of Sweden and Norway, 



Washington, January 25, 1868. 

 Hon. William H. Seward, 



Secretary of State : 

 Sir: Referring to my note of 19th June last year, in reply to yours 

 of 13th same month, concerning a proposed exchange of official docu- 

 ments, I have the honor to inclose copy of an official letter, received 

 from the Norwegian department of the interior, under date 19th ultimo, 

 in which the acceptation by Norway of the offer of exchange is made 

 known, and to request you kindly to bring the contents of the letter to 

 the notice of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



I have the honor to be, with high consideration, 

 Sir, your obedient servant, 



N. W. DE Wetterstedt. 



