Letter
Desprez to Washburne, July 21, 1870
[Translation.]
Mr. H. Desprez to Mr. E. B. Washburne.
Paris, July 21, 1870.
Sir: To respond to your letter which you have done me the honor to write to me under date of yesterday, I hasten to inform you that the government of the Emperor gives its entire assent to your assuming, during the war, the protection of Saxon citizens in France.
Receive the assurance of the high consideration, &c., &c., &c.
For the minister and by his authorization, &c., &c., &c.,
H. DESPREZ.
Mr. Washburne, Minister of the United States, Paris.
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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.