Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Sherman.

Washington, February 21, 1898.

Sir: At the request of Sir Alfred Maloney, governor of the Windward Islands, I have the honor to convey the heartfelt sympathy of that colony with the Government and people of the United States in the loss sustained through the explosion on board the Maine.

I have, etc.,

Julian Pauncefote.