Watson Webb, to Madison E. Hollister, February 1, 1868

Mr. Webb to Mr. Hollister.

Sir: In consequence of the impossibility of the late General Asboth’s having received instructions from Washington, which left here on the day of his death, it has become my duty to renew to the Argentine and Uruguayan Republics the tender of the good offices of the United States, in connection with the war in the river Plate, which were rejected last year. You will oblige me, therefore, on the receipt of this, by delivering in person the letter addressed to the President of the Argentine Republic, and by mailing for Montevideo the one addressed to the President of Uruguay.

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I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,