Letter

Foster to John W. Foster , Envoy Extraordinary and, December 20, 1874

Author

Foster

Recipient

John W. Foster , Envoy Extraordinary and

Date

December 20, 1874

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 407. Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish.

Legation of the United States, Mexico, December 20, 1874. (Received January 11, 1875.)

No. 224.]

Sir: With my dispatch No. 211, of the 27th ultimo, I transmitted a translation of a note from the Mexican minister of foreign affairs, in which he informed me that he had recommended the governor of the State of Jalisco to take the measures which he might deem efficacious for giving the security which the laws guarantee to Messrs. Watkins and Morgan, Protestant missionaries at Guadalajara, friends and companions of the late Rev. John L. Stephens.

I now transmit a translation of a note from the minister, Mr. Lafragua, and its inclosures from the governor of Jalisco, stating that Messrs. Watkins and Morgan are enjoying complete security in their persons and ample liberty in the exercise of their worship. These declarations are based upon the communication of the governor and the letter of Messrs. Watkins and Morgan, to which latter your attention is specially directed.

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.