Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume I

Mr. Roberts, Spanish minister, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State.

[Translation.]

Legation of Spain at Washington,
April 15, 1869.

The minister plenipotentiary of Spain has had the honor to receive the note of 14th instant, in which the honorable Secretary of State pleased to send him copy of a communication from the minister of Peru, dated the 9th, explaining the causes which gave occasion for the touching at Puerto Naranjo, in the island of Cuba, of the Peruvian monitor Manco Capac.

The undersigned has already sent to his government these satisfactory communications, and presents his thanks to the honorable Secretary Fish for his attention, availing himself of this occasion to offer to him the expression of his highest consideration.

MAURICIO LOPEZ ROBERTS.

The Honorable Secretary of State
Of the United States.