1890-February-25: Hannibal Price, the Haitian Minister to the United States, wrote to Foreign Minister Firmin regarding the growing rumors of American design…

1890-February-25: Hannibal Price, the Haitian Minister to the United States, wrote to Foreign Minister Firmin regarding the growing rumors of American designs on Haitian territory. Price expressed a cautious hope that Secretary of State James G. Blaine would remain true to his earlier “friendship” for Haiti, recalling that Blaine, as Speaker of the House, had opposed President Grant’s attempts to annex the island. Despite these hopes, Price warned that the strategic climate had changed significantly with the looming prospect of an Isthmian canal.