to John G. Walker
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03804.37 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: 23 January 1904 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25.8 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
Letter written in a clerical hand with an illegible signature. Sent to retired Rear Admiral Walker as President of the Isthmian Canal Commission. References Walker's letter of 11 January. Has read his remarks on the canal treaty and says his report is "reassuring." Says "The Convention" -- probably the Constituent Assembly of Panama -- began its proceedings on 15 January. Also sends along a message from "the Junta of the Provisional Government" that was sent to the Convention. Says he sent along Walker's kind wishes to their friends in Panama. Stamp in purple ink on first page says "Received, J.G.W. Feb 3 1904."
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