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

The Governor of Pennsylvania to Mr. Sherman.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg, January 27, 1898.

Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday informing me that Mr. Henry M. Hoyt, Assistant Attorney-General, will attend the trial of Sheriff Martin in behalf of the United States. I shall be pleased to have Mr. Hoyt call upon me at Harrisburg, and it will give me pleasure to provide him with the proper credentials at Wilkesbarre in order that he may have the fullest opportunity to observe the trial.

I have, etc.,

Daniel H. Hastings.