Letter

Jules Favre to E. B. Washburne stands for Elihu Benjamin Washburne, February 10, 1871

Author

Jules Favre

Recipient

E. B. Washburne stands for Elihu Benjamin Washburne

Date

February 10, 1871

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Translation.]

M. Jules Favre to Mr. E. B. Washburne

Paris, February 10, 1871.

Sir: I am infinitely touched by the striking mark of sympathy which my country receives from your free America, and I beg you to convey the impression of my gratitude to your countrymen of New York who have been kind enough to take the initiative in this generous offering addressed to France so cruelly tried. I transmit to-day to my colleague M. Picard, minister of the finances, the check for thirty-five thousand francs you have had the kindness to send me, begging him to name, for the distribution of this amount, a commission, of which Mr. Joseph Karrick Riggs shall be a member—the gentleman whom you have named, and who will hasten to take your instructions.

I take this occasion to renew the assurances with which I have the honor to be,

JULES FAVRE.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

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.