Author : Charles Ames Washburn
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230216065
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN REAR-ADMIRAL DAVIS AND PRESIDENT LOPEZ. Rear-Admiral Davis to President Lopez. United States Flag-ship Wasp, (fourth-rate, ) In front of Angostura, Paraguay, December 3, 1868. Sir, -- I have the honor to inform your Excellency that I have arrived in front of Angostura, having on board his Excellency General M. T. McMahon, the Minister of the United States to the Republic of Paraguay. As an indispensable preliminary step to the presentation, by General McMahon to your Excellency, of his credential letters, I have to request that Messrs. Bliss and Masterman, the persons arrested and detained in Asuncion while under the protection and attached to the Legation of the previous United States Minister, be restored to the authority of the United States flag. Knowing that before the occurrence of this arrest and detention it was the earnest desire of the government of the United States to continue, under the existing circumstances, its friendly relations with the Republic of Paraguay, -- a desire sufficiently manifested by the prompt appointment of General McMahon, -- it is my hope that your Excellency will hasten to remove the only obstacle which stands in the way of these relations. I have the honor to be, with the highest respect, your Excellency's most obedient servant, C. H. Davis, Rear-Admiral commanding the Naval Forces of the United States in the South Atlantic. His Excellency Marshal Don Francisco Solano Lopez, President of the Republic of Paraguay. VOL. II. 39 Rear-Admiral Davis to President Lopez. United States Flag-ship Wasp, (fourth-rate.) In front of Angostura, Paraguay, December 4, 1S6S. Sir, -- I have the honor to apprise your Excellency of my arrival in front of the batteries of Angostura. My..