Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 8, 1885

No. 579.

Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Valera .

Department of State,
Washington , February 27, 1885.

Sir: Referring to quite recent correspondence, touching a report of the establishment at Key West of a lottery in the interest of political adventurers having designs against the peace of Cuba, I have the honor to say that according to a letter of the Postmaster-General, founded on official reports of his Department, there is discovered no foundation for the rumor in question.

Accept, &c.,

FRED’K T. FRELINGHUYSEN.