Letter

CLAYTON, Secretary of State to Henry Williams, May 25, 1850

Author

CLAYTON, Secretary of State

Recipient

Henry Williams

Date

May 25, 1850

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State, to Mr. Williams, district attorney.

[Per telegraph.]

Department of State,
May 25, 1850.

Henry Williams, Esq., United States District Attorney, Savannah, Georgia:

Proceed according to law to have General Lopez arrested for a violation of the act of Congress of the 20th of April, 1818, and held in custody until he can be transferred to the proper district for trial.

JOHN M. CLAYTON,
Secretary of State.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Foreign Policy

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr 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 Pr.