Mr. Fish, Secretary of State, to Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney.
Washington , December 8, 1869.
Sir; I inclose herewith copies of letters relating to the vessels being built in New York by Mr. Delamater for the Spanish government, (as is said,) which have passed between this Department and Mr. Lopez Roberts, the minister from Spain, and Colonel Freyre, the minister from Peru, as follows:
- 1st.
- Copy of letter from the Spanish minister to the Secretary of State, dated December 1, 1869.
- 2d.
- Copy of letter from the Secretary of State to the Peruvian minister, dated December 3, 1869.
- 3d.
- Copy of letter from the Peruvian minister to *the Secretary of State, dated December 5, 1569. [800]
- 4th.
- Copy of letter from the Spanish minister to the Secretary of State, dated December 8, 1869.
- 5th.
- Copy of letter from the Secretary of State to the Peruvian minister, dated December 8, 1869.
The copies of these letters are forwarded to you for your guidance in the proceedings which have been instituted at the request and in behalf of the Peruvian government for the detention of the vessels referred to.
You will observe that the Government of the United States is at length justified, by the assent of both parties, in arriving at the conclusion, and in resolving that the state of war no longer exists between Spain and Peru, to justify any further prosecution of the complaint that has been made against these vessels.
I am, sir, &c.,
Edwards Pierrepont, Esq.,
United States District Attorney, New
York.