[Extract.]
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward.
No. 5.]
United States Consulate, Tunis, July 4, 1863.
Sir: I have the honor to report that a loan spoken of in a former despatch was made to the Tunisian government by the bankers, (Messrs. Erlanger & Co.,) favored by the French consul general.
There has been recently much discussion about Tunisian affairs in English and French journals, in dictating an imbittered state of feeling, and that England and Turkey are opposed to French influence in this place.
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I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
AMOS PERRY.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.