Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1897

Mr. Sherman to Senhor da Costa Duarte.

Department of State,
Washington, August 16, 1897.

No. 26.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Viscount de Santo-Thyrso’s note of the 9th instant, explaining further his position in regard to the flag incident at Monterey, Cal.

The Department has forwarded a copy of this note to the governor of California for his information, thus closing the incident.

Accept, etc.,

John Sherman.