File No. 839.001 BG4/1.

The Secretary of State to the American Chargé d’Affaires.

No. 147.]

Sir: I enclose, with office copy, a letter1 addressed by the President to His Excellency General José Bordas Valdes, acknowledging His Excellency’s letter of April 14, last in which he announced his assumption of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic, and his entrance upon the duties of that office.

I am [etc.]

(For the Secretary of State:)
J. B. Moore.
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