Mr. Wos y Gil to Mr. Gresham .

[Translation.]

Excellency: I have the honor to inform your excellency that the special Dominican mission in Paris has just signed articles for the definitive settlement of the Franco-Dominican difference.

In communicating this news to your excellency as I have received it from the minister of foreign affairs of my country, I have pleasure in informing you that my Government has appreciated at its high worth the moral support seasonably offered to it by the Government of the United States in defense of certain interests, the nonrecognition of which would have notably affected the fundamental principles of our autonomy.

To the special charge which I have received to convey to your excellency this expression of gratitude, it is gratifying to me to join to the prayers of my Government for the prosperity and glory of the American people the wishes I personally entertain for your excellency and your Government.

With sentiments of high consideration, I am, etc.,

A. W. y Gil
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