to the HONORABLE ELIHU B. WASHBURNE,

late envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the united states of america to france.

My Dear Sir:

Permit me to dedicate to you this work on our National Medals, as a slight testimonial for your distinguished services during your long official residence in Paris, and especially during the siege of that city in 1870-1871, when you had under your protection the subjects of fourteen governments besides your own, and yet so discharged your delicate and responsible duties as to win universal approbation.

Yours sincerely, J. F. Loubat. New-York, Union Club, May, 1878.