Letter
Allan A. Burton to Willtam H. Seward, September 13, 1866
Mr. Burton to Mr. Seward
No. 273.]
Legation of the United States, Bogota, September 13, 1866.
Sir: In connection with my Nos. 244 and 255, I beg to invite the careful attention of the department to the annexed correspondence between the late Colombian minister in London, now president of this republic, and the British government, in relation to a guarantee by the latter of the neutrality of the isthmus of Panama, and the transit of British mails over Colombian territory.
I would call especial attention to the decree of President Mosquera regulating the latter and imposing tonnage duties on certain vessels. Said papers will be found in El Diario Oficial, Nos. 727 and 728.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
ALLAN A. BURTON.
Hon. Willtam H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty.