Letter

Judah P. Benjamin to Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, February 15, 1884

Author

Judah P. Benjamin

Recipient

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

Date

February 15, 1884

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 272. Mr. Benjamin to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

[Extract.]

Legation of the United States, Teheran, February 15, 1884. (Received March 29.)

No. 57.]

Sir: I have the honor to report that my attention was called officially to a repetition of the outrages at Hamadan in November. * * * Anxious to obtain official evidence as to the cases, and also to satisfy myself that our citizens at Hamadan had conducted themselves with discretion, I felt it my duty to dispatch our dragoman, Mr. Keün, to Hamadan. He went on the 18th January, and returned on the 12th instant. * * * His conduct at Hamadan was vigorous and effective, and merits the commendation of the Department. But the story of what occurred there, together with all the evidence he obtained, forms along narrative, which is not yet complete. As soon as matters are brought to a successful termination I shall report these transactions in full. In the mean time I beg to submit to the Department the accompanying letter and petition, forwarded to me by our citizens at Hamadan.

* * * * * * *

I have, &c.,

S. G. W. BENJAMIN.

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.