Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 1, 1890

Mr. Edwardes to Mr. Blaine.

Washington, September 12, 1889.

My Dear Mr. Blaine: I should be very much obliged if you would kindly let me know when I may expect an answer to the request of Her Majesty’s Government, which I had the honor of communicating to you in my note of the 24th of August, that instructions may be sent to Alaska to prevent the possibility of the seizure of British ships in Behring Sea. Her Majesty’s Government are earnestly awaiting the reply of the United States Government on this subject, as the recent reports of seizures having taken place are causing much excitement both in England and in Canada.

I remain, etc.,

H. G. Edwardes.