Letter
Chester Holcombe to M. M. De Lano, September 10, 1878
[Inclosure 6 in No. 61.]
Mr. Holcombe to Mr. De Lano.
Peking, September 10, 1878.
No. 63.]
Sir: I have the honor to receive your dispatch No. 109 of the 31st ultimo, reporting a disturbance at your port, and thank you for the promptness with which you communicated the fact to me.
I have furnished my colleague, Her Britannic Majesty’s chargé d’affaires, with the substance of your dispatch, to whom it was the first intimation that trouble had occurred.
In view of the present situation, I have requested Rear-Admiral Patterson to send a vessel of war to your port for a short time.
I am, &c.,
CHESTER HOLCOMBE.
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