[Inclosure in No. 228.]
Protest of Captain Parker.
Port au
Prince, November 12,
1888.
Sir: The undersigned, master of the schooner
Julia Fowler, of Wellfleet, recently arrived
in this port from New York, hereby enters a formal protest at this
consulate-general, under date of November 12, 1888, against the
authorities of Hayti for the refusal on their part to give the necessary
clearance to said schooner Julia Fowler for the
port of Gonaïves.
Whereas the said schooner Julia Fowler was
chartered on September 10, 1888, to take a cargo of logwood from
Gonaïves, Hayti, to New York, U. S. A., this cargo was ready in the
month of October last past, and is now awaiting shipment. On November 5
application was made to the custom-house authorities at Port au Prince
for the
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necessary clearance of
the said schooner Julia Fowler from the port of
Port au Prince for that of Gonaïves to load cargo of logwood, and such
clearance was refused and denied by the director of the custom-house at
Port au Prince, on the plea that the port of Gonaïves 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 10, 1888, whereby he
incurs, first, a loss of his freight amounting to $3,000; second, the
liability of an action at law on the part of Messrs. W. & A. Leaman
for the non-fulfillment 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. The said schooner Julia Fowler
has been ready to proceed on her voyage, as per charter-party dated
September 10, 1888, to load cargo of logwood at Gonaïves, amounting to
$100 per day.
With this statement of my case I, the undersigned, master of said
schooner Julia Fowler, 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,
A. H. Parker.
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 12th day
of November, A. D. 1888, and of the Independence of the United
States the one hundred and thirteenth.
[
seal.]
John E. W.
Thompson,
United States
Consul-General.
