Office of the Historian

Mr. Loomis to Mr. Combs.

Department of State,
Washington, July 1, 1903.
No. 52.]

Sir: I inclose herewith for your information a copy of a letter from Mr. J. Zenón Posadas, of San Francisco, Cal., expressing his gratitude for your prompt and efficient services rendered to his son, in securing his release from arrest by the officers of the Guatemalan Government.

I am, etc.,

Francis B. Loomis,
Acting Secretary.
[Inclosure.]

Mr. Posadas to Mr. Hay.

San Francisco, June 25, 1903.

Sir: I desire to record with the Department over which you have the honor to preside my recognition of and gratitude for the prompt and efficient services rendered to my son, Alberto Posadas, in the month of March last, by the Hon. Leslie Combs, minister plenipotentiary to the Republic of Guatemala, in securing his release from arrest by the officers of that Government, because of his refusal to yield to their demands for money. My son is a citizen of the United States and joins with me in expressing his appreciation of the action of his country’s representative.

I have, etc.,

J. Zenón Posadas.