Letter

John Mercer Langston to William M. Evarts, January 9, 1878

No. 265. Mr. Langston to Mr. Evarts.

No. 21.]

Sir: I have heretofore, as an inclosure to my No. 16, transmitted a copy of the dispatch of the Hon. Felix Carrié, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated December 13, 1877, having reference to the imposition of one per centum on invoices of merchandise shipped from the United States to the ports of this republic. I have the honor to transmit herein inclosed a copy of my reply thereto, and to state that I await the answer of the Haytian Government; as soon as it is received, I shall transmit it.

With sentiments, &c.,

JOHN MERCER LANGSTON.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗
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.