Mr. Sherman to Mr. Draper.

No. 14.]

Sir: I inclose herewith copies of letters from the Ansonia Clock Company of New York. They complain that the Italian minister of commerce refuses to admit their clocks into Italy as clocks fitted up with American movements, thus preventing the continuation of their business in that country.

At the suggestion of the Department they have forwarded to you prepaid a sample package of their clocks, a memorandum invoice of which I inclose, together with a sworn declaration that all their goods, cases as well as movements, are manufactured in Brooklyn, and that they have no factories elsewhere.

You will present this matter to the attention of the Italian Government and do all you can to remove the strange impression that the works manufactured by this company are not “American movements.”

Respectfully, yours,

John Sherman.