Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1870

No. 109.

[Telegram.]

Mr. Read to Mr. Davis.

August 18, 1870. (Received August 20.)

Cannot get gold; silver only can be bad. Business clogged and people indignant. I strongly advise taking silver.

Can I bank with Hottinguer, Barings’ correspondent here; unwilling to have responsibility of funds at this time.

READ, Paris.