Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State

Mr. Adee to Mr. Williams.

Department of State,
Washington, August 7, 1895.

No. 1119.]

Sir: Your dispatch No. 2543, of the 27th ultimo, inclosing a letter and draft which you were requested to deliver to Mr. Julio Sanguily, has been received.

Your action in not delivering the letter is approved, and Messrs. Teodoro Perez & Co. have been so informed. It would seem, however, that with the knowledge and assent of the authorities, you could hand the proceeds of the draft to Mr. Sanguily with a statement of the source from which it comes. The draft is returned to you for delivery in accordance with the above suggestion.

I am, etc.,

Alvey A. Adee.