Letter

Colby , Esq., United States Consul, Chin-Kiang to Bainbridge Colby, May 11, 1877

Author

Colby , Esq., United States Consul, Chin-Kiang

Recipient

Bainbridge Colby

Date

May 11, 1877

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2 in No. 241.]

Mr. Seward to Mr. Colby.

Peking, May 11, 1877.

No. 14.]

Sir: I have had the honor to receive your dispatch, No. 48, reporting to me your visit to the port of Wuhu in the United States steamer Monocacy,

I approve your procedure in all respects.

I do not think that there is immediate occasion for the nomination of a consular agent at the port mentioned; in fact, it does not appear that any of our people, or, indeed, any foreigners, saving the staff of the customs and of Her Britannic Majesty’s consulate, are resident there. If hereafter any of our people shall settle there, or, failing this, if any foreigners shall establish themselves at the port from among whom a suitable agent can be selected, it will be well for you to report to me further, so that I may advise the Department whether an agency is needed.

I am, &c.,

GEORGE F. SEWARD.
J. C. S. Colby, Esq., United States Consul, Chin-Kiang.

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.