No. 136.

Mr. Davis to Mr. Bancroft.

No. 219.]

Sir: Inclosed you will find a copy of Mr. Washburne’s dispatch, No. 238, on the subject of the departure of North Germans from French territory.

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Mr. Washburne’s course in this correspondence has been approved. He advises the Department, in a dispatch received to-day, that he has received a reply to his note, which will be forwarded, he says, by the next post. As soon as it is received here, a copy will be sent you.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

J. C. B. DAVIS.

[For this inclosure see Mr. Washburne’s No. 238, dated July 29, under the title “France,” ante.]