Letter
George D. Bayard to By the President: T. F. Bayard, November 7, 1885
No. 145.
Mr. Bayard to Mr. Cheng Tsao Ju.
Department of State, Washington, November 7, 1885.
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that prior to the receipt of your note of to-day, relative to the hostile movement against the Chinese residents of Washington Territory, the President had issued his proclamation making provision for their protection, and that the Secretary of War instructed the commandant of the troops at Fort Vancouver, by telegraph yesterday, to use every effort with the aid of the military to preserve order.
Accept, sir, &c.,
T. F. BAYARD.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.