No. 340.
Mr. Watson
to Mr. Cadwalader.
Sir: I have the honor to request you to inform the Secretary of the Treasury that Mr. Henry Howard, of this legation, and myself have been named by Her Majesty’s government as joint agents for the distribution of the award made by the commissioners of the mixed commission, appointed under the XIIth article of the treaty signed at Washington on the 8th of May, 1871, between the United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, and that, until further notice shall have been given, the drafts on the United States Treasury which have been delivered to Mr. Howard and myself this day by the United States Government in payment of the said award will be indorsed by us.
I herewith inclose, in duplicate, my own signature and that of Mr. Howard.
I have, &c.,