Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Blaine.

No. 36.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your instruction, numbered 25, of June 25, relative to the case of Thomas Barton, who was recently extradited from the United States on a charge of forgery, and to state in reply that the form of certificate transmitted therewith shall in future be used by this legation for the authentication of papers for use in extradition cases in the United States.

It is proper to add that the certificate attached to the papers in Barton’s case was the same as that used by this legation under similar circumstances for several years past.

I have, etc.,

Robert T. Lincoln.