Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 9, 1891

Mr. Wharton to Mr. Tsui.

Department of State,
Washington, June 16, 1891.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your valued note of the 13th instant, by which you communicate the assurances of your Government that American citizens residing in the localities named in the telegram of our minister at Peking of recent date as the scenes of riot will receive due protection.

Sincerely thanking you for your courteous and efficient action on behalf of our citizens in China, I avail myself, etc.,

William F. Wharton,
Acting Secretary.