Mr. Fish, Secretary of State, to Mr. Roberts, Spanish minister.
Department of
State,
Washington , December 8, 1869.
Washington , December 8, 1869.
The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to transmit to Mr. Lopez Roberts a copy of a note of the 5th instant, which he has received from Mr. Freyre, the minister of Peru, conveying his assent, on behalf of his government, to the departure of the gun-boats constructed for the Spanish government by Mr. Delamater, of New York; also a copy of the reply thereto by the undersigned.
The undersigned offers to Mr. Lopez Roberts on this occasion renewed assurances of his highest consideration.
- HAMILTON FISH.
- Señor Don M. Lopez Roberts.