Letter

Clinton Wright to Rio de Janeiro , May 11, 1871, July 13, 1871

Author

Clinton Wright

Recipient

Rio de Janeiro , May 11, 1871

Date

July 13, 1871

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 16.

[Extract.]

Mr. Wright to Mr. Fish

No. 185.]

Legation of the United States, Rio de Janeiro, July 13, 1871. (Received August 22, 1871.)

Sir: In my dispatch No. 178, of the 10th ultimo, I had the honor to report to you what had occurred up to that date in reference to the claim made upon this government in connection with the alleged sacking of the legation of the United States at Asuncion by troops in the service of the empire of Brazil.

I have since received no communication from this government on the subject. In my said dispatch I ventured the hope that you might judge it best to take no further action in this matter * * * until I should be able to send you the report of the Brazilian minister of foreign affairs. This I have now the honor to do, under separate cover, as well as to transmit herewith a translation which I have made of an interesting memorandum presented by the minister of foreign affairs to the Italian minister. * * * * * * * *

I have, &c.,

ROBT. CLINTON WRIGHT.

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 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.