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

No. 51.
Sir L. S. Sackville West to Mr. Bayard.

Beverly, Mass., August 16, 1888. (Received August 21.)

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 13th instant, informing me that in pursuance of the request of the Marquis of Salisbury, made through me, the Acting Attorney-General has directed by telegram and letter the postponement of the sale of the vessels in question, and has also instructed the United States marshal in charge to receive bonds in lieu of the vessels.

I have, etc.,

L. S. Sackville West.