Letter
John Mercer Langston to Fouchard, November 16, 1883
[Inclosure 3 in No. 594.]
Mr. Langston to Mr. Fouchard.
Legation of the United States, Port au Prince, Hayti, November 16, 1883.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 13th instant with its inclosure.
You will permit me, Mr. Minister, in acknowledging the receipt of such dispatch, to state that the rights of any American citizens who may be found in either Jacmel or Jérémie, when your Government shall attempt the bombardment of such cities, according to the address of the President transmitted, as inclosed in your dispatch, as well as according to the terms of the dispatch itself, are distinctly and specially reserved.
I am, &c.,
JOHN MERCER LANGSTON.
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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.