Letter

Foster to Hamilton Fish, December 15, 1876

Author

Foster

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

December 15, 1876

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 213. Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish.

Legation of the United States, Mexico, December 15, 1876. (Received January 5, 1877.)

No. 478.]

Sir: On the 12th instant I received a note dated at Quer6taro on the 3d instant from Hon. Francisco Gomez del Palacio, as minister of foreign affairs of the cabinet of Mr. Iglesias, in which he informed me that the Hon. José M. Iglesias, by virtue of the eighty-second article of the constitution of the republic, had, as president of the supreme court of justice, assumed the character of President ad interim of the republic; and that Mr. Iglesias would not accept any other obligations than those contracted by authorities who recognize the government which he represents.

I have under date of the 13th instant unofficially acknowledged the receipt of said note, and stated that I would transmit a copy thereof to my government for its information and action.

I inclose herewith copies of the said correspondence.

I am, &c.,

JOHN W. FOSTER.

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.