Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 6, 1875, Volume II

No. 350.
Memorandum of agreement.

[undated].

[Signed September 27, 1875.]

It is mutually agreed between Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, and Stephen Preston, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Hayti, that certain political refugees who, for some time past, have had an asylum in the residence of Mr. Bassett, the minister resident of the United States at Port au Prince, shall receive from the Haytian government a full amnesty for all offenses up to the time of their departure from the island; that Mr. Bassett shall give them up; that they shall be placed on board a vessel bound to some other country; that on their way to the vessel they shall be escorted by a Haytian military force, and that Mr. Bassett may also accompany them to the vessel. It is to be understood, however, that the said refugees, or any of them, shall not return to Hayti without the permission of the government of that republic.

• HAMILTON FISH,
  Secretary of State.
• STEPHEN PRESTON,
  Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary d’Hayti.