Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 3, 1888, Part I

No. 695.
Mr. Preston to Mr. Bayard.

[Translation.]

Legation of Hayti,
Washington, June 13, 1888. (Received June 14.)

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note addressed to me by your Department under date of the 9th instant, inclosing a copy of the correspondence between the Secretary of State and Mr. Alexander Porter Morse, and also the written declaration of the latter, appended to his letter, accepting the position of arbitrator in the Van Bokkelen case.

I thank you for this communication, and in accordance with your suggestion I accept the date of Mr. Morse’s declaration, signed June 8, 1888, as that of his appointment.

Accept, etc.,

Stephen Preston.