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 Senhor Brasil.

Department of State,
Washington, April 12, 1901.

No. 21.]

Sir: Referring to your interview of yesterday, announcing the approaching arrival at Baltimore of the Brazilian cruiser Benjamin Constant, I have the honor to state that I have addressed the Secretaries of the Treasury, War, and Navy, and the governor of Maryland, requesting that the vessel may be received with the customary courtesies.

Accept, etc.,

John Hay.