Letter
Hamilton Fish to John Lothrop Motley, July 16, 1870
[Telegram.]
Mr. Fish to Mr. Motley.
Department of State, Washington, July 16, 1870.
Send to Bancroft, Berlin, by mail, and telegraph following:
Hoffman, Paris, asks may we protect Prussians? Have answered, Our representatives may protect Prussians, if Prusia asks for it and France consents. Precedent of Moustier’s request to us to protect French in Mexico referred to.
At request of Gerolt have instructed Washburne to ask if North German steamers between Hamburg and Bremen and United States will be exempted from capture. Have received nothing from you. Think your dispatches have been intercepted. Answer through Motley, via Hamburg or Belgium.
FISH.
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No. 118.
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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.