Mr. Prevost to Mr. Seward.
No. 13.]
Legation of the United States,
Guayaquil,
May 22, 1866.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your excellency’s despatch, dated the 21st of April,
enclosing to me a copy of a note addressed by your excellency to Señor
F. S. Asta Buruaga, the chargé d’affaires of the republic of Chili,
dated 19th of April.
As instructed by your excellency’s despatch, I immediately addressed a
respectful note to the honorable the minister of exterior relations of
the republic of Ecuador at Quito, (A,) enclosing a copy of said note,
and requesting an answer thereto at his earliest convenience.
So soon as the minister of exterior relations of Ecuador shall answer my
note, I shall avail myself of the first mail to transmit the same to
your excellency.
I avail myself of this occasion to again offer to your excellency the
renewed assurance of my high consideration and esteem with which I have
the honor to remain your excellency’s most obedient servant,
L. V. PREVOST, Acting Secretary of
Legation.
Hon. William H. Seward,
Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
A.
Mr. Prevost to Mr. Bustamente.
Legation of the United States of
America,
Guayaquil,
May 20, 1866.
Sir: I am instructed by my government to
transmit to your excellency copy of a communication addressed on the
19th of April last, by the Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of
State of the United States of America, to Señor F. S. Asta Buruaga,
the chargé d’affaires of the republic of Chili duly accredited near
the cabinet at Washington, in regard to the war now pending between
her Catholic Majesty and the republic of Chili, and the allies of
the latter.
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I am further instructed by my government to request that your
excellency will, at the earliest convenient moment, honor me with a
reply, that I may transmit the same immediately to my
government.
I avail myself of this opportunity to offer to your excellency the
assurance of my high esteem with which I have the honor to remain
your excellency’s most obedient servant,
Hon. M. Bustamente, Minister of the Exterior Relations of the Republic of
Ecuador, &c., Quito.
