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Dear Sir

The Italian government sends to the Legation most of its official publications. We commonly receive two, sometimes three, copies, and I have sent to the State Dept. at different times, a large number of such publications, many of them very valuable. They have probably been distributed among the Departments according to their subjects.

I have no doubt, at all, that upon official information of the passage of such a Resolution as you speak of in yours of March 1., this girl would very gladly make a similiar arrangement, I think the Legation should be charged with the receipt and delivery both ways, & there should be instructions from the State

Department accordingly

One thing is important send via Havre. The cut is enormous & the time twice as long as by sailing vessel direct to Leghorn. I have had boxes five in six months on the way, and I think one or two cases via Havre must have gone astray altogether.

There is a great avidity for knowledge about our affairs in gov't circles here, and I often much regret my inability to supply information asked for. Our documents are always sadly in arrear. We have little (except Diplomatic correspondence, which excites no interest!) of later date than 1863, and I have not received even the Laws of the [ ] of 1865-6. , statistical financial industrial and

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geographical (e.g. maps) are much wanted. If you have any influence in the matter secure everything of that sort you can

Yours very trulyGeo P Marsh

Prof S F Baird