No. 1054.
Mr. Bayard to Mr. Straus.
Department
of State,
Washington, November 2,
1887.
No. 53.]
Sir: I take pleasure in inclosing for your
information and for the flies of your legation a copy of a letter from the
secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, dated
Boston, the 26th ultimo, expressing appreciation of your own and the
Department’s efforts in behalf of American missionaries in Turkey.
I am etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 53.]
Rev. Dr. Clark to
Mr. Bayard.
Boston, October 26,
1887.
My Dear Sir: In behalf of the prudential
committee and executive officers of the Board, I beg to express to you
their high appreciation of your kindly offices in behalf of missionaries
of the American Board in Turkey, as well as in Micronesia. Attention was
called to this service at the annual meeting at Springfield. Reference
is also made to the same in the Missionary Herald of November. I send
you a half dozen copies, and beg to call your attention to what is said
on page 426, 430, 432, 434, and 442.
Your instructions to Mr. Straus, the present minister of the United
States in Tar-key, were all that could be desired, and Mr. Straus has
commended himself to the confidence and respect of the missionaries
acquainted with him. It is quite unusual for us to receive such favors
from the United States Government and they are on that account the more
highly appreciated.
Yours, etc.,
