Office of the Historian

Mr. Williams to Mr. Adee.

United States Consulate-General,
Habana, August 17, 1895.
No. 2570.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Department’s instruction, No. 1119, of the 7th instant, approving the return, with my dispatch, No. 2543, of the 27th ultimo, of the letter sent by Messrs. Theodore Perez & Co., of Tampa, Fla., under cover to this consulate-general for delivery to Mr. Julio Sanguily; as also to inclose herewith a duplicate and triplicate receipt signed by the same Mr. Julio Sanguily for the sum of $164.25 Spanish gold, as the proceeds of the draft of $150 United States currency, signed by J. B. Anderson at Tampa, Fla., July 25, 1895, on the National Bank of the Republic, New York, and indorsed and sold by me to Messrs. Laston Bros., Habana, at 9½ premium of exchange.

Prior to taking charge of the negotiation of this draft, I made a visit, in pursuance of the Department’s suggestion, to the Acting Governor-General, General Arderius, to give him a statement of its source, and to ask and obtain his consent for the delivery of its proceeds to Mr. Sanguily. The general readily and cordially consented, with the remark that my application first for the consent of the authorities was the correct course in the matter on the part of this consulate-general.

I beg the Department to send the triplicate receipt to Messrs. Theodore Perez & Co., at Tampa, Fla., with attachment of the duplicate for filing to this dispatch.

I am, etc.,

Ramon O. Williams,
Consul-General.
[Duplicate.]
Fortress Cabana, Habana, August 17, 1895.

Received of Ramon O. Williams, consul-general of the United States at Habana, the sum of $164.25 in Spanish gold, equivalent to a draft to his order, signed by G. B. Anderson, at Tampa, Fla., July 25, 1895, on the National Bank of the Republic, New York, for $150 United States currency, equal to $164.25 Spanish gold.

Julio Sanguily.