Letter
E. B. Washburne stands for Elihu Benjamin Washburne to Hamilton Fish, May 23, 1871
Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish
Legation of the United States, Paris, May 23, 1871. (Received June 7.)
Sir: On the other page I have the honor to send you a copy of a telegraphic dispatch, which I send to London to-night to be transmitted to you from there by Mr. Moran.
I have, &c.,
E. B. WASHBURNE.
[Telegraphic dispatch from London.]
Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish
Legation of the United States, Paris, May 23, noon.
Fish, Washington:
Desperate fighting for thirty-six hours. Still continues. Versailles gains ground slowly, but surely.
WASHBURNE.
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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.