Mr. Adee to Mr.
Bridgman.
Department of State,
Washington, September 7,
1901.
No. 160.]
Sir: Referring to your No. 278, of July 1 last,
I have now to inclose a copy of a note from the chargé d’affaires of
Great Britain at this capital, of the 1st instant, transmitting a copy
of a dispatch addressed by His Majesty’s principal secretary of state
for foreign affairs to you, thanking you for your good offices in
obtaining the release of George Melville, a British subject, lately
imprisoned at Corocoro on a charge of theft.
I am, etc.,
Alvey A. Adee,
Acting Secretary.
[Inclosure.]
Mr. Lowther to
Mr. Adee.
British Embassy,
Newport, R.
I., September 1,
1901.
No. 240.]
Sir: With reference to your note No. 2223
of the 1st ultimo, I have the honor to transmit to you herewith a
copy of a dispatch addressed by His Majesty’s principal secretary of
state for foreign affairs to the United States minister at La Paz,
thanking him for his good offices in obtaining the release of George
Melville, a British subject, lately imprisoned at Corocoro, in
Bolivia, on a charge of theft.
I have, etc.,
[Subinclosure.]
Mr. Villiers to
Mr. Bridgman.
Foreign Office, August 19, 1901.
Sir: I have received through His Majesty’s
chargé d’affaires at Washington a copy of your dispatch No. 278 to
Mr. Secretary Hay of July 1 last, in which you report the release of
George Melville, a British subject, imprisoned in Corocoro on a
charge of theft.
I have to thank you for your good offices and for all the trouble you
have taken on Melville’s behalf.
I am, etc. (in the absence of the Marquis of Lansdowne),
