Upon these grounds the undersigned ask to be excused for any informality in their address, and they hope and humbly pray that the President will accept the occasion here presented, and take early and effectual means to inform and reassure the whites, and to relieve them from possible misjudgment on the part of the Samoans.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
E.W. Gurr.
[and nine other signatures.]
III
Apia, Sept. 30, 1891.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Esq., E.W. Gurr, Esq.
Dear Sirs,—Thanking you for your kind letter dated 28th inst., which I received yesterday, together with the address in question, I beg to inform you that I am going to answer the address in writing as soon as possible.—I have the honour to be, dear Sirs, your obedient servant,
Senfft.