Letter
Mr. Washburne to the Duke de Gramont, July 20, 1870
Mr. E. B. Washburne to the Duke de Gramont.
Legation of the United States, Paris, July 20, 1870.
Sir: I am requested by the chargé d’affaires of Saxony, near the court of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, to take the subjects of Saxony in France under the protection of this legation. Having received the assent of my Government to take the subjects of North Germany under the protection of this legation, I have assumed that it would give the same protection to the subjects of Saxony, provided it should meet with the approval of the government of his Majesty the Emperor.
I will thank you to communicate to me at an early moment the action of his Majesty’s government in this regard.
I take the present opportunity to renew, &c.,
E. B. WASHBURNE.
His Excellency the Duke de Gramont, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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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.