Mr. Durham to Mr.
Gresham.
Legation of
the United States,
Port au
Prince, April 12, 1893.
(Received April 29.)
No. 194.]
Sir: I have to inform you that the Mevs case was
definitely closed to-day by the payment of $6,000, United States currency,
to this legation.
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I inclose a copy of my receipt to the Haitian Government and also a certified
receipt from Mr. Mevs, as required by the instruction contained in your No.
110 of the 21st ultimo.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 194.]
Legation of the United States,
Port au Prince, April 12,
1893.
Received of the secretary of state for foreign relations of Haiti the sum
of $6,000 currency of the United States, in final settlement and full
indemnification of the claim presented by the legation of the United
States at Port au Prince in favor of Frederick Mevs, a citizen of the
United States.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 194.]
Legation of the United States,
Port au Prince, April 12,
1893.
I have received from John S. Durham, minister-resident and consul-general
of the United States, the sum of $6,000 currency of the United States in
full for the indemnity paid to the legation for my account by the
Government of Haiti.
Consulate General of the United States,
Port au Prince, April
12, 1893.
I, Alexander Battiste, deputy consul of the United States at Port au
Prince, do hereby certify that the signature above written is the true
and genuine signature of Frederick Mevs, made and acknowledged in my
presence, and that the said Frederick Mevs is personally known to
me.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
this consulate general this day and year next above written, and of the
independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.
[
seal.]
Alexander Battiste,
Deputy Consul of
the United States.
Mr. Quincy to Mr.
Durham.
[Extract.]
Department of State,
Washington, May 1,
1893.
No. 119.]
Sir: I have read with gratification your No.
194 of April 12 reporting the settlement of the Mevs case by a payment
from the Haitian Government of $6,000 United States currency to your
legation, which you have paid to Mr. Mevs.
I am, etc.,
Josiah Quincy,
Acting Secretary.
