Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 882.42/6

The Liberian Consul General to the Secretary of State.¹

Liberian Consulate General,
Baltimore, September 27, 1911.

Sir: I have the honor to request that the inclosed, which are copies of original instructions now in my office, be filed with previous communications sent to the Department, touching the accrued Donovan Fund, now in the possession of the Washington Colonization Society, and for the settlement of which we have asked the State Department to lend us, or to designate, one of its accountants to audit the Society’s accounts, in order that it may be given acquittance.

I shall be glad to learn if the Department has favorably considered the request.

I have [etc.]

Ernest Lyon.

[Inclosure 1—Telegram.]

The General Superintendent of Public Instruction of Liberia, to the Liberian Consul General at Baltimore, Maryland.

Monrovia, July 17, 1911.

Department Education authorises you agent Donovan Fund.

Barclay.

[Inclosure 2.]

The General Superintendent of Public Instruction of Liberia to the Liberian Consul General at Baltimore, Maryland.

Monrovia, July 24, 1911.

Sir: Confirming my telegram of the 17th instant I have the honor to hereby appoint you agent of the Department of Education with full power to conclude all necessary arrangements with the American Colonization Society with reference to the Donovan Funds.

I have [etc.]

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Barclay.

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1. Acknowledged Oct. 7, 1911, by the Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Adee, File No. 882.42/6.