Letter

E. B. Washburne stands for Elihu Benjamin Washburne to Hamilton Fish, May 23, 1871

Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish

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

Fish, Washington:

Desperate fighting for thirty-six hours. Still continues. Versailles gains ground slowly, but surely.

WASHBURNE.
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.