Desprez to Washburne, July 21, 1870
[Translation.] Mr. H. Desprez to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Paris, July 21, 1870. Sir: To respond to your letter which you have done me the honor to write to me…
Elihu Benjamin Washburne was an American politician. A member of the Washburn family, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party, he served as a congressman from Illinois before, during and after the American Civil War. He was a political ally of President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant. During Grant's administration, Washburne was the 25th United States Secretary of State briefly in 1869, and was the United States Minister to France from 1869 to 1877.
[Translation.] Mr. H. Desprez to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Paris, July 21, 1870. Sir: To respond to your letter which you have done me the honor to write to me…
No. 1. [Translation.] The Duke de Gramont to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Paris, July 23, 1870. Mr. Minister: You have done me the honor to inform me that a large…
[Translation.] The Duke de Gramont to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Paris, July 25, 1870. I hasten to inform you, in answer to the letter you did me the honor to…
Mr. E. B. Washburne to Mr. Fish. No. 238.] Legation of the United States, Paris, July 29, 1870. (Received Aug. 11.) Referring to my dispatch of the 22d instant, numbered…
[Translation.] The Duke de Gramont to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Paris, August 5, 1870. Sir: You did me the honor to inform me, on the 30th ultimo, that a considerable…
[Translation.] M. Jules Favre to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Paris, September 8, 1870. Sir: I look upon it as a happy augury for the French republic that it has received…
No. 88. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne No. 211.] Department of State, Washington, December 6, 1870. Sir: I inclose herewith a copy of a dispatch of the 5th ultimo, and…
[Translation.] Versailles, December 6, 1870. Sir: The “Daily News” newspaper, of the 24th November, contains an article from its Paris correspondent, stating that the English papers arrive regularly by the…
No. 127. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, January 15, 1871. No. 375.] Sir: I inclose herewith a translation of a note of the 15th ultimo, addressed…
No. 98. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish No. 350.] Legation of the United-States, Paris, January 23, 1871. (Received February 17.) Sir: I have the honor to send you herewith a…
No. 124. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, October 9, 1871. No. 335.] Sir: The following extract from a report made by Minister Leon to the Congress…
No. 126. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, November 20, 1871. No. 358.] Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 30th ultimo,…
No. 131. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, July 22, 1872. No. 430.] Sir: It has been suggested to this Department, and the suggestion is concurred in,…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 679.] Mr. Rémusat to Mr. Washburne. [Translation.] Paris, August 30, 1872. Sir: Excuse me for not having sooner answered the letter of the 9th instant, I…
[Inclosure in No. 316.—Translation.] Mr. Remusat to Mr. Washburne. Versailles, September 25, 1872. Sir: You did me the honor to write in regard to Mr. Miltz, whose property was damaged…
No. 95. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, October 19, 1872. No. 450.] Sir: Your dispatch under date of the 25th of September last, No. 689, inclosing…
No. 104. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, March 1, 1873. No. 483.] Sir: Your No. 769 of the date of the 13th February last has been…
No. 105. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, March 14, 1873. No. 487.] Sir: By an early steamer from the port of New York for Havre will…
No. 113. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, June 28, 1873. No. 511.] Sir: In your No. 784 you invite instructions from the Department respecting two cases,…
[Inclosure—Translation.] Duc de Broglie to Mr. Washburne. Versailles, September 8, 1873. Sir: In the letter which you did me the honor to write me on the 15th July last, you…
No. 225. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, January 30, 1874. No. 589.] Sir: I inclose herewith, for your information, a copy of a dispatch of the…
No. 226. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, February 2, 1874. No. 592.] Sir: Referring to my No. 589, of the 30th ultimo, in relation to the…
[Inclosure.—Translation.] Count de Houdetot to Mr. Washburne. Paris, May 15, 1874. Mr. Minister: I have the honor to inform your excellency that it appears from a letter addressed by his…
No. 233. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, June 9, 1874. No. 614.] Sir: Referring to your No. 963, of the 5th of May, relating to the…