I have been informed Mr. Barrows
And
have written to the
French Minister at Peking —
to the effect that application
the
II. he made
to J. half
the
of
the Representative
of the Granadian Republic
at the
the Court of
St. James's
in order to obtain approval
...
the nomination of Mr.
Burrows, but that, pending such application, I shall allow
Mr. Burrows provisionally
to
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exercise Consular Authority
in this island.
...
Mr. Burrows is
a citizen of the U. S. of America.
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