Mr. Bayard to Mr. White.
Washington, March 5, 1889.
Sir: Your dispatch No. 926, in relation to the application of Mr. Herman Keller, for a passport, has been received.
Upon the facts stated it appears that the applicant is the son of Edgar Keller, now deceased, who was naturalized in the marine court of the city of New York on April 2, 1847; that he, the son, was born on or about 22d March, 1855, in the city of Mexico; that he has no knowledge of ever having been in the United States, and that he expressly declares that he at present has no intention of returning to the United States with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein.
On this statement the case does not appear to be a proper one for the issuance of a passport to the applicant.
The original papers which accompanied your dispatch are herewith returned, with the exception of Mr. Keller’s sworn application, which has been placed on file here, with your dispatch. You may return the papers to Mr. Keller as of personal interest to him. It is proper that the word “cancelled” should be distinctly written across the face of the passports, which, as you report, were issued to Mr. Hermann Keller by your legation July 15, 1881, and to his wife (if she be not independently a citizen of the United States) May 2, 1884. The passports of Mr. Edgar Keller, the applicant’s deceased father, do not require cancellation.
I am, etc.,