Letter

John Jay to Hamilton Fish, August 8, 1870

[Telegram.]

Mr. Jay to Mr. Fish.

Fish, Secretary, Washington:

Austria declines alliance proffered by France. War preparations and fortifications continue, but only as precautionary and for defense.

JAY.
Notes
1. No. 3.
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.