Mr. Seward to Mr. Molina.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note of the 9th instant, transmitting a copy of a decree of the government of Nicaragua, issued on the 11th of September last, establishing a system of passports and the rules to be observed by the agents of that republic in granting them, with respect to foreigners who have not previously settled therein, and who may wish to go to the interior or to reside in its territory. The decree in question [Page 908] will be published at an early day for the information of the citizens of the United States.
I avail myself of this occasion to renew to your excellency the assurances of my distinguished consideration.
Señor Luis Molina, &c., &c., &c. Washington, D. C.