Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Bridgman to Mr. Sherman.

Legation of the United States,
La Paz, Bolivia, April 16, 1898.

No. 18.]

Sir: I have the honor to report that I have duly acknowledged to the Bolivian Government the receipt by the Department in Washington of the note of sympathy from the Bolivian minister relative to the disaster to the battle ship Maine, adding thereto my own appreciation of the kindly and friendly spirit of the Government and people of Bolivia by which the message was prompted.

I have the honor, etc.,

Geo. H. Bridgman.