"It is on this subject that I take the liberty to ask your good offices. I accompany my letter with copies of a portion of the correspondence which has been had on the subject, and I venture to request you to address a note to the proper department of the Danish government, to the end that authority should be given to Messrs. Schumacher and Airy to award the medal to Miss Mitchell, provided they are satisfied that she first discovered the comet.
"I will only add that, should you succeed in effecting this object, you will render a very acceptable service to all the friends of science in America.
"I remain, dear sir, with high consideration, your obedient, faithful servant,
[Signed] "EDWARD EVERETT.
"To R. P. FLENIKEN, ESQ., Chargé d'Affaires of the United States of
America at Copenhagen."
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R.P. FLENIKEN, ESQ., TO THE COUNT DE KNUTH.
"Légation des Etats Unis d'Amérique,} à Copenhague, le 6 Septembre, 1848. }
"MONSIEUR LE MINISTRE: J'ai l'honneur de remettre sous ce pli à votre Excellence une lettre que j'ai reçue d'un de mes concitoyens les plus distingués, avec une correspondance touchant une matière à laquelle il me semble que le Danemark ne soit guère moins intéressé que ne le sont les Etats Unis; le premier y ayant contribué le digne motif, l'autre en
ayant heureusement accompli l'objet.