Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, For the Year 1887, Transmitted to Congress, With a Message of the President, June 26, 1888

No. 296.
Mr. Bayard to Mr. von Alvensleben.

Department of State,
Washington, July 18, 1887.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 2d instant, transmitting a check for $1,000, to be divided among the families of the five men of the American, life-saving service who lost their lives in attempting to save the crew of the German ship Elisabeth, and gold watches for each of the survivors of the life-saving crew.

It has afforded me very great pleasure to forward the above-described generous gifts of His Imperial Majesty to my colleague, the Secretary of the Treasury, to be distributed in the manner pointed out in your note.

Accept, etc.,

T. F. BAYARD.