Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 6, 1886

No. 222.
Sir L. West to Mr. Bayard.

British Legation,
Washington, September 25, 1886. (Received September 27.)

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23d instant requesting that investigation should be made of the reported action of the customs officer at Steep Creek, in the Straits of Canso, in threatening the United States fishing schooner Crittenden with seizure if she took in water, and to inform you that I have advised Her Majesty’s Government accordingly.

I have, &c.,

L. S. SACKVILLE WEST.