Letter
William H. Seward to Christopher Robinson, August 17, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. Robinson.
No. 119.]
Department of State, Washington, August 17, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of July 22, No. 203, which relates to the unpleasant controversy between Spain and Peru.
I regret to be obliged to infer from your despatch that the government of Peru has not yet thought it expedient to send an authorized agent to Madrid. It seems to the President that the steps taken by the Spanish government reduce the dispute to a point of mere diplomatic significance, upon which it would be unwise for either party to incur the responsibility of delaying a settlement. We have spoken in this sense to the government of Spain.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Christopher Robinson, Esq., &c., &c., &c., Lima.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.