Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume I

Mr. Fish, Secretary of State, to Mr. Roberts, Spanish minister.

Department of State,
Washington, April 7, 1869.

Sir: In answer to your informal communication concerning the steamer Salvador, I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a letter addressed to this Department by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the 5th instant, and of its accompaniments, stating that no vessel of that name, nor any other, is fitting out as is alleged, with hostile intentions toward Spain, either at Jacksonville or Fernandina, Florida.

[36] *Be pleased, sir, to accept on this occasion renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

HAMILTON FISH.

Señor Don M. Lopez Roberts,
&c., &c., &c.