Letter

Hamilton Fish to E. B. Washburne stands for Elihu B. Washburne., September 15, 1870

Mr. Fish to Mr. E. B. Washburne.

No. 168.]

Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your very interesting dispatch of the 22d ultimo, No. 266, giving an account of your interview with the French minister of the interior, and inclosing a copy of your letter to the minister of foreign affairs, together with a translation of a debate in the Corps Legislatif on the expulsion of the Germans from France.

Your conduct in relation to the important and delicate subject referred to is regarded by the President and by this Department as very prudent and discreet.

HAMILTON FISH.
Notes
1. No. 34.
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.