Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901

Mr. Hay to Signor Carignani.

Department of State,
Washington, August 16, 1901.

No. 701.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 9th instant, requesting the Department to ask the governor of Mississippi for information concerning the outcome of the action of the State authorities in view of the data transmitted in your notes of the 24th and 30th ultimo, in regard to the killing of the Italians at Erwin, Miss.

In reply, I have the honor to say that a communication addressed by the Department to the governor on the 13th instant recalls the matter to his attention.

Accept, etc.,

John Hay.