No. 932.
Mr. Bayard to Viscount das Nogueiras.

Viscount: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 22d ultimo, and to say in reply that as I am informed by the Secretary of the Treasury the practice in exempting from duty supplies, [Page 1389] etc., for foreign vessels of war, is governed by section 2982 of the Revised Statutes, and the privilege is only extended to the vessels of war of such nations as reciprocate towards vessels of war of the United States while in the ports of such nations.” I inclose a copy of the statutory provision.

Accept, Viscount, etc.,

T. F. Bayard.