Letter

Beardsley to Hamilton Fish, March 20, 1873

Author

Beardsley

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

March 20, 1873

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Telegram—Received March 22.]

Mr. Beardsley to Mr. Fish.

Alexandria, Egypt, March 20, 1873.

Leopold Ungar, born Bavarian, naturalized American 1856; passport 1857, last visé 1862; returned Europe 1861; since business various countries, including Prussia, returning often to America according to his statement, last 1871; arrived here from Italy under assumed name and false passport; arrested by Prussians as fraudulent bankrupt; American papers found in his trunk. Dispatch from Cologne police says Ungar domiciled there since 1862; denied by Ungar, but offers no proof. Convention of 1868 relied upon; Ungar’s lawyer contends same not applying, convention not retroactive, citing Savigny’s International Law; claims my active assistance for Ungar’s release. I believe Ungar has forfeited American citizenship, not having claimed it for eleven, years, so far as his papers show. What shall I do?

Important.

BEARDSLEY.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.