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No. 327. Mr. Smyth to Mr. Seward .

. Such is the constant intercourse between that region of country and Europe, through Tripoli and Tunis, that it is said bills of exchange on Europe have been negotiated at Sokoto. Bishop Crowther informed us that a letter from Europe reached him at Lagos, through Tunis, via Sokoto and Ashantee. Notwithstanding the efforts being put forth by the French to monopolize the valuable products of that country, England may yet so utilize Gambia and Sierra Leone as to control a much greater portion of Nigritia and Soudan than France can ever influence. During the last trading season, a few months ago,…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1879-08-28
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1879/d356
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Record ID	`frus:frus1879/d356`

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No. 327. Mr. Smyth to Mr. Seward .. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1879. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1879/d356.