Hoppin to Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, October 12, 1883
No. 249. Mr. Hoppin to Mr. Frelinghuysen.
No. 632.]
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of your instruction No. 675 of the 1st instant, addressed to Mr. Lowell, and to transmit a copy of the recent correspondence between this legation and Lord Granville in relation to the subject of that dispatch.
On the 5th of September last we received your dispatch No. 653 of the 20th of August last. This was accompanied by a copy of Mr. French’s letter of the 1st of August, and by Messrs. Law and Thayer’s report to Mr. Folger of the 21st of July last, but by no other documents.
On the 6th of September last Mr. Lowell addressed a note to Lord Granville, inclosing a copy of the report of the Treasury Cattle Commission.
On the 12th of September last Lord Granville acknowledged the reception of this note.
I have to-day received your instruction No. 675 of the 1st instaut, inclosing a copy of Mr. French’s letter of the 1st of August last and of the report of the Treasury Cattle Commission, both of which had already been forwarded in your No. 653. I also transmitted a copy of a further letter from Mr. French, dated on the 20th of August, 1883, and copies of the circulars of the 8th of June and of the 4th of August last.
I have lost no time in calling Lord Granville’s attention again to this subject, and I beg to inclose a copy of all the recent correspondence in relation to it.
I have, &c.,