Letter

Bancroft Davis to Bancroft, August 23, 1870

Author
Bancroft Davis
Recipient
Bancroft
Date
August 23, 1870
Type
Letter
Language
English

Mr. Davis to Mr. Bancroft.

No. 222.]

Department of State, Washington, August 23, 1870.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 119 of the 28th ultimo, and to state in reply that Mr. Washburne has been authorized to employ, at the expense of this Government, such clerical force as is necessary to enable him to perform the duties which he has undertaken toward North Germans in France.

You are instructed to say that the offer of the Prussian government to bear this expense is respectfully declined.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

J. C. B. DAVIS.
Notes
1. No. 137.
Topics
19th CenturyDiplomacyReconstruction
Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.
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