Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 3, 1889

Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Blaine.

Legation of the United States,
London, September 24, 1889. (Received October 7.)

No. 86.]

Sir: Referring to my dispatch numbered 84, of 19th instant, I have the honor to inclose the copy of a note which I have received from Sir Thomas Saunderson in reply to my note to Lord Salisbury of 20th instant, a copy of which was forwarded to you in my dispatch aforesaid, relative to the discrimination against American vessels in Canadian ports.

I have, etc.,

Robert T. Lincoln.

[Inclosure in No. 86.]

Sir T. V. Lister to Mr. Lincoln.

Foreign Office, September 21, 1889.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 18th instant, respecting the requirements of Canadian law in the matter of the shipment of crews by United States vessels in Canadian ports, and also respecting an alleged discrimination in the pilotage dues at Halifax, Nova Scotia. In reply, I beg to state that Mr. Henry White’s note of the 18th of March was transmitted to Canada for the consideration of the Dominion Government., and that I have suggested that their attention should now be called to the matter by telegraph.

I have, etc.,

T. V. Lister.