The Acting Secretary of State to Chargé Pollock.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Dawson’s No. 309, of the 18th instant, stating that he had prepared and left on file at the legation a chronological statement of political events in the Dominican Republic since the independence of the country, and inclosing a copy of it for the department’s files.

The department commends the care and labor bestowed upon the preparation of this valuable paper.

I am, etc.,

Robert Bacon.