Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 3, 1894

Mr. Baker to Mr. Gresham.

Legation of the United States,
Managua, January 22, 1894. (Received February 23.)

No. 199.]

Sir: Captain T. W. Tucker, commander of the Victoria on Lake Nicaragua, has applied to me to perform the marriage ceremony for himself and a young lady of this country. Both are Americans and Protestants. Captain Tucker informs me that there is no ordained Protestant minister or other person authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony in Nicaragua other than Catholic clergymen.

Can you authorize me to perform this ceremony?

I have, etc.,

Lewis Baker.