Mr. Foster to Mr. Lincoln.
Washington, August 28, 1892.
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 735, of the 5th instant, in relation to the Liberian boundary question, and to say that a copy of the same has been communicated to your colleague at Paris for his information and files.
The extract from Dr. Blyden’s note of July 30, in regard to the presence of a vessel of war of the United States on the coast of Liberia during the months of March and October in each year, has been submitted to the Secretary of the Navy in the hope that it may receive his favorable consideration.
I have not inclosed to Mr. Coolidge copy of Parliamentary Paper Africa, No. 7, 1892, and of the map showing the British Possessions of West Africa, which accompanied your dispatch to the Department, and you will at once send these two documents to Mr. Coolidge to complete your dispatch.
I am, sir, etc.,