Mr. Thompson to Mr. Bayard.
Port-au-Prince, Hayti, November 3, 1885. (Received Nov. 18.)
Sir: I have to inform you of the death of Mr. Charles A. Van Bokkelen, who died on the 1st instant, at two o’clock in the afternoon, aged 37 years. He was buried on the 2d instant, many Americans and foreigners [Page 543] following the remains to their last resting place. I attended the funeral, and it was a fact worthy of note that a sincere feeling of sadness at his death and sympathy for his wife and two small children seemed to pervade all present. I had entered his claim against the Haytian Government to the sum of $113,600 some time before his death, and will continue to press the same, as advised by the Department.
I am, &c.,