Letter

Edw’d Thornton to Jefferson Davis, July 11, 1871

Author

Edw’d Thornton

Recipient

Jefferson Davis

Date

July 11, 1871

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 226.

Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Davis

Washington, July 11, 1871. (Received July 12.)

Sir: With reference to a note dated the 29th of April last, which I received from the Secretary of State, I have the honor to inclose copy of a dispatch from the Governor General of Canada relative to an alleged encroachment on United States territory by Canadian engineers in locating a wagon-road from Fort Garry to the Lake of the Woods. You will perceive that the Canadian minister of public works requests that he may be furnished with a sketch showing where the alleged encroachment has taken place, and that he may be informed of the exact locality of the monument at the northwestern limit of the United States of America, to which reference is made in Mr. Fish’s letter.

I shall accordingly feel much obliged to you if you will supply me with this information.

I have the honor, &c.,

EDW’D THORNTON.

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.