Letter

ROBERTSON, Acting Agent to A. L. C. Portman, May 16, 1866

No. 1.

Mr. Robertson to Mr. Portman.

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that the sum of five hundred thousand dollars—say five hundred thousand clean Mexican dollars—is held here by this bank at the disposal of the representatives of England, France, the Netherlands, and America, in satisfaction of the third instalment of the indemnity money now due by the Japanese government.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

J. ROBERTSON, Acting Agent.

A. L. C. Portman, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty.