Office of the Historian

Mr. Hurst to Mr. Wharton

[Translation.]
Legation of Haiti,
New York, March 24, 1892. (Received March 25.)

Mr. Assistant Secretary of State:

I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 22d instant, and from its inclosure I have taken six printed copies of the proclamation of His Excellency the President of the United States, declaring the suspension of free entry into the United States of the productions of Haiti, such as coffee, tea, sugar, molasses, and hides.

Accept, etc.,

John Hurst,
Chargé d’ Affaires.