Office of the Historian

No. 464.
Mr. Baker to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, August 29, 1884. (Received September 13.)
No. 994.]

Sir: Referring to my No. 938, and to your dispatch numbered 321, relative to the case of Mr. John Dalton, late United States consul, at Ciudad Bolivar, I write to say that not having yet received any answer [Page 595] to my dispatch to Mr. Dalton, of date May 29 last (a copy of which was sent as inclosure No. 3 with my said No. 938), I have addressed a dispatch, of this date, to Mr. William Henderson, United States vice-consul at Ciudad Bolivar, of which I inclose a copy herewith drawing, his attention to my said dispatch to Mr. Dalton, and requesting that he send me an answer thereto, particularly to the closing part of it, in which I requested Mr. Dalton to inform me of the place and time of birth of his son John, and of any other facts within his knowledge which might have a bearing on the question of his citizenship. As soon as I can get this information I will communicate it to the Department.

I am, &c.,

JEHU BAKER.
[Inclosure to No. 994.]

Mr. Baker to Mr. Henderson.

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, August 29, 1884.

Sir: I have the honor to draw your attention to my dispatch to the late John Dalton, esq., United States consul, at Ciudad Bolivar, of date May 29th last, and to request that you send me an answer thereto, particularly to the closing part of it, in which I requested Mr. Dalton to inform me of the place and time of birth of his son John, and of any other facts within his knowledge which might have a bearing on the question of his citizenship.

I have not yet received an answer to my said dispatch. Meantime as reported by you in your dispateh of the 20th of June last, Mr. Dalton died on the 19th of that month, three weeks after the date of my dispatch. I will thank you to send me an answer to the dispatch in question at, your earliest convenience.

I am, &c.,

JEHU BAKER.