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. 60.
Mr. Bayard to Mr. Garland.

Department of State,
Washington, October 27, 1888.

Sir: Referring to previous correspondence concerning the disposition of the British vessels Grace, Dolphin, and Anna Beck, condemned for taking seals illicitly in Behring Sea, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th instant on the subject, and to say in reply that, under the circumstances, the wiser course for all concerned is to let the sale take place at once, as delay is impracticable and can only be productive of loss.

I have, etc.,

T. F. Bayard.