Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Third Session of the Fortieth Congress

Mr. Seward to Señor Garcia.

Department of State, Washington, April 27, 1868.

Sir: I transmit for your information a copy of the reply^* of this department to a note of Señor Don Ignacio Gomez, the minister plenipotentiary of the republic of Nicaragua, upon the subject of the good offices of the state of Central America towards putting an end to the war between Spain on the one side, and Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chili on the other.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Señor Don José Antonio Garcia y Garcia, &c., &c., &c.

1. For this inclosure see page 646.