Letter

George Bancroft to Hamilton Fish, September 29, 1870

Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Fish.

No. 143.]

Sir: In pursuance of your instruction of August 30 (No. 128) I addressed to the secretary for foreign affairs a request that measures might be taken for the protection of the large amount of American property in Paris upon its occupation by the German troops.

I append a translation of the reply of Mr. von Thiele conveying the desired assurances.

GEO. BANCROFT.
Notes
1. No. 165.
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.