Letter

Edwards Pierrepont to Evarts, August 22, 1877

Author

Edwards Pierrepont

Recipient

Evarts

Date

August 22, 1877

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 158. Mr. Pierrepont to Mr. Evarts.

Legation of the United States, London, August 22, 1877. (Received September 5.)

No. 221.]

Sir: I have the honor to state that I find in this day’s Morning Post the text of a commission lately appointed by Her Majesty for inquiring into the laws relating to the extradition of criminals, and that I inclose a clipping of the same. Mr. Cross lately told me that there would be much embarrassment in making a treaty of extradition, which required special action of Parliament upon a convention with any particular state. I think that this commission is for the purpose of producing a change in the act of 1870, and also for the purpose of considering the whole subject of extradition. Until this commission reports, I do not think that any new treaty touching this subject is likely to be made. I shall watch the progress of this commission and keep you advised.

I have, &c.,

EDWARDS PIERREPONT.

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.