Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 3, 1894

Mr. Gresham to Mr. Hatch.

Department of State,
Washington, August 7, 1894.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of July 7 last, inclosing original and office copy of a letter addressed by His Excellency Sanford B. Dole, President of the Republic of Hawaii, to the President of the United States of America, announcing the establishment of that Government and his assumption of the office of President thereof.

I have delivered his excellency’s letter to the President and his reply will be forwarded through the legation of the United States at Honolulu.

Accept, etc.,

W. Q. Gresham.