Letter

De Freycinet to James C. Morton, June 5, 1882

Author

De Freycinet

Recipient

James C. Morton

Date

June 5, 1882

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 1 in No. 665.]

M. De Freycinet to Mr. Morton.

Paris, June 5, 1882.

Sir: On the 10th of April last I had the honor to receive a letter from you upon the subject of Eugene Lacazette, a naturalized American citizen, who, as such alter obtaining the erasure of his name from the recuiting list was notified to leave France before the 17th of July. This young man expressed a desire to be allowed, on account of his health, to delay his departure for five months.

I promptly communicated this request to the minister of the interior. After a careful inquiry, Mr. René Goblet informed me that because of the circumstances which accompanied the liberation of M. Lacazette, and the inconvenience that his presence in his country of origin offered, it did not appear possible to authorize him to remain upon our territory for a longer term than the one assigned to him.

I can only express to you so far I myself am concerned, my regrets at not being able to defer to the recommendations which you have sent with the petition of the party interested.

Accept, &c.,

DE FREYCINET.

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.