[Footnote 16: Omitted.]
_Mr. Bankhead to Mr. Livingston_.
WASHINGTON, _October 20, 1831_.
Hon. EDWARD LIVINGSTON, Esq., etc.:
The undersigned, His Britannic Majesty's chargé d'affaires, has the
honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Livingston's note of the 17th
instant, in answer to a representation which the undersigned thought
it his duty to make to the Government of the United States upon a
violation committed upon the territory at present in dispute between
the two countries.
The friendly tone assumed by the Secretary of State in this
communication, the discountenance on the part of the General
Government of the proceedings which were complained of, and the
determination of the President to cause the strictest forbearance to be
maintained until the question of boundary shall be settled have been
received by the undersigned with great satisfaction, and it is in the
same spirit of harmony that he has addressed a letter to His Majesty's
lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, inclosing a copy of Mr.
Livingston's note, for his excellency's serious consideration.
The undersigned has the honor to renew to Mr. Livingston the assurance
of his distinguished consideration.