No. 186.
Mr. Fish to Baron Gerolt.
Department of State,
Washington, October 22, 1870.
The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of the 17th instant addressed to him by the Baron Gerolt, the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the North German Union, inclosing a copy of a dispatch from the chancellor of his government of the 27th ultimo, giving a statement of the negotiations which took place between himself and Mr. Jules Favre.
The undersigned begs the Baron Gerolt to accept a renewed assurance of his highest consideration.
HAMILTON FISH.