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 Sir Julian Pauncefote.

Department of State,
Washington, July 9, 1891.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 7th instant, with accompanying copy of the instructions to Her Britannic Majesty’s officers in Behring Sea, and to inform you that I have communicated a copy thereof to the American Navy Department.

I have, etc.,

William F. Wharton,
Acting Secretary.