[Inclosure in No. 227.]
Captain Mcintosh to
Mr. Thompson.
Port au
Prince, Hayti, November 1,
1888.
I, D. C. Mcintosh, master of the schooner Maggie
Abbott, of Boston, Mass., U. S. A., recently arrived in this
port of Port au Prince from New York City, do hereby enter a formal
protest at the consulate-general of the United States of America at Port
au Prince, under date of November 1, 1888, against the authorities of
Port au Prince or the Government of Hayti, for the refusal on their part
to give a clearance to said schooner Maggie
Abbott for the port of Port de Paix.
Whereas the said schooner Maggie Abbott was
chartered on the 20th day of September. 1888, to take a cargo of logwood
from Fort de Paix, Hayti, to New York, U. S. A.,
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this cargo was ready in the month of September
last past, and is still awaiting shipment. On the 26th day of October
application was made to the custom-house authorities at Port au Prince
for the necessary clearance of the said schooner Maggie Abbott from the port of Port au Prince for that of Port
de Paix to load cargo of logwood, and such clearance was refused and
denied by the director of the custom-house at Port an Prince, on the
plea that the port of Port de Paix was under a state of blockade; this
refusal on the part of the authorities has prevented the undersigned
from fulfilling his agreement according to charter-party duly drawn up
and signed at the date of September 20, 1888, whereby, he incurs, first,
a loss of his freight, amounting to $3,000; second, the liability to an
action at law on the part of Messrs. Lyon & Co. for the
nonfulfillment of his contract; and, third, the loss of expenses of his
vessel for each day of detention since discharging her cargo at Port au
Prince, October 25, 1888. The said schooner Maggie
Abbott has been ready to proceed on her voyage as per
charter-party dated September 20, 1888, to load cargo of logwood at Port
de Paix, amounting to $100 per day.
With this statement of my case, I, the undersigned, master of the said
schooner Maggie Abbott, a citizen of the United
States of America, do submit the same to you, and through you to our
Government, looking for fair and proper protection.
Respectfully, yours,
D. C. McIntosh,
Master of Schooner Maggie Abbotts.
Sworn to and subscribed before the undersigned, John E. W. Thompson,
consul-general of the United States at Port au Prince, Hayti. In witness
whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the
consulate-general at Port au Prince, Hayti, this 5th day of November,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
thirteenth.
[
seal.]
John E. W.
Thompson.
