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John Mercer Langston to To the Hon. William M. Evarts, July 17, 1879
No. 254. Mr. Langston to Mr. Evarts.
Legation of the United States, Port au Prince, Hayti, July 17, 1879. (Received August 2.)
No. 179.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith inclosed, for your consideration, copies of two dispatches, with translations, received at this legation from the Haytian Government, together with my replies thereto.
I beg to invite special attention to the subject-matter of the dispatch of the 10th instant; and to ask most respectfully the instructions of the Department with regard to it.
I beg also to ask the Department to instruct me as to whether our consular officers shall be permitted to take refugees. This is a matter of grave importance at this time in this country, and the attitude of our government with regard to it should be well defined.
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.