8/1898., 08/01/1898-08/30/1898

Correspondence dated 8/1898 received by Robert S. Chilton, Chief of U.S. Consular Bureau. Correspondents include H. B. Hollins & Co. (New York) inquiring about potential allowances to be made to partner Fernando A. Yznaga, a large land owner in Cuba, part of whose land was destroyed during the Spanish-American War; Congressman De Alva S. Alexander (NY), inquiring whether the consul in Guelph, Canada, has been appointed; Hans J. Smith, requesting an exchange of consular posts from the post of Bombay which he received; Frederick H. Allison, U.S. Consul in Teguciagalpa, Honduras, with reference to a letter to Assistant Secretary of State J. B. Moore; Joe Bursk, Jr. inquiring about a post in Puerto Rico; Congressman Henry C. Brewster requesting a copy of the consular report in Puerto Rico; Nicholson File Company (Providence, Rhode Island) regarding cable addresses for consuls in southeast Asia; Cincinnati Barbed Wire Fence Company inquiring whether there is a U.S. Consul in Rama, Nicaragua; G. H. Bartlett, U.S. Geological Survey, requesting a post, with reference to support of Senators William B. Allison, Justin S. Morrill, John T. Morgan, Francis M. Cockrell, William E. Chandler, and Jacob H. Gallinger; W. E. Burlock, Jr., of Johnson Temperature Regulating Co. (New York), requesting consular reports at Cuba and Puerto Rico for the past 10 years.