Letter
By the chief executive committee: H. R. W. Johnson to Milton Turner, October 28, 1871
[Inclosure No. 1.]
Mr. H. Johnson to Mr. Turner.
Department of State, Monrovia, Liberia, October 28, 1871.
Sir: I have the honor to acquaint your excellency that the sovereign people of Liberia having, on the 26th day of the present month, deposed President Roye, the government of Liberia will be provisionally conducted by a chief executive committee and the chiefs of departments, until the arrival at the government of the vice-president of the republic.
I beg to inclose herein a copy of the manifesto issued by the provisional government under date of October 27, instant.
I am, &c., &c.,
H. R. W. JOHNSON.
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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 Pr.