Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 4, 1893

Mr. Gresham to Senhor Mendonça.

Department of State,
Washington, October 16, 1893.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, on the afternoon of the 14th instant, of your note of that date, inclosing a copy of a telegram received from your Government, reciting the decree issued by it depriving the revolutionary squadron and the forts now held by the revolutionary party of the privileges and protection of the national flag.

Accept, etc.,

W. Q. Gresham.