File No. 817.51/594.

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt to the Secretary of State.

Sir: Referring to the letter of the 2d instant addressed to you by Messrs. Brown Brothers & Company and J. & W. Seligman & Company [Page 1061] and enclosing drafts of certain proposed agreements; and referring to your letters of the 6th instant in reply to the above, we now, by direction and on behalf of the Republic of Nicaragua and in accordance with the provisions of the agreements hereinafter mentioned, beg to hand you herewith for filing with the Department of State an original counterpart of each of the following agreements,1 all dated October 8, 1913:

1.
Collateral Trust Agreement between the Republic of Nicaragua and the United States Mortgage & Trust Company;
2.
Agreement for the purchase of Treasury Bills, between the Republic of Nicaragua, party of the first part, and Messrs. Brown Brothers & Company and J. & W. Seligman & Company, parties of the second part;
3.
Agreement for purchase of Railroad and Bank stock, between the Republic of Nicaragua, party of the first part, and Messrs. Brown Brothers & Company and J. & W. Seligman & Company, parties of the second part;
4.
Agreement between the Republic of Nicaragua and National Bank of Nicaragua, Incorporated; and
5.
Agreement between the Republic of Nicaragua and Ferrocarril del Pacífico de Nicaragua.

The above agreements, having been deposited with us in escrow at the time of their execution, have today been delivered.

Respectfully yours,

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt.
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