Letter

De Long to Louis M C Lane, November 11, 1872

Author

De Long

Recipient

Louis M C Lane

Date

November 11, 1872

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 8.]

Mr. De Long to Mr. Lane.

United States Legation, Japan,
November 11, 1872.

No. 145.]

Sir: The crew of the Peruvian ship Maria Luz, now at anchor in this port, abandoned by her officers, are reported to me by Captain Trask to be discontented and mutinous. They have expressed the desire to me to be paid the wages due to them, and to be embarked for Hong-Kong in the company’s steamers. They are very poor, some of them sick, and, as they are qualifiedly under my protection, I have concluded in their interest and that of the owners of the ship to discharge them, pay them off, and send them to Hong-Kong on the steamer China, if I can make satisfactory arrangements with you to that end. Will you kindly advise me upon what most reasonable terms you will give the passage to that port, and oblige

Yours, &c.,

C. E. DE LONG.

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.