W. T. Coggeshall to Manuel Bustamente, January 29, 1867

Mr. Coggeshall to Señor Bustamente

Sir: I acknowledge, with much satisfaction, the letter of your excellency, enclosing a copy of an order to the governor of Guayaquil, providing for the payment, at maturity, of the second instalment of the debt due from Ecuador to the United States of America. I have forwarded the necessary instructions for its collection to the United States consul at Guayaquil, and will promptly communicate to my government the correspondence on the subject, confident that it will be acknowledged with courtesy becoming the friendly relations it is calculated to promote.

In the copy of the order of the minister of the interior, accompanying your letter, February 27 is given as the date of the maturity of the obligation. I presume that to be a clerical error, February 17 being the correct date as mentioned to me by your excellency in the interview you were pleased to grant on Monday last.

Renewing assurances of personal regard and distinguished consideration, I have the honor to be your obedient servant,