Letter

Foster to To the General of Division, Gerónimo Treviño , In command of his forces, Piedras Negras, June 21, 1877

Author

Foster

Recipient

To the General of Division, Gerónimo Treviño , In command of his forces, Piedras Negras

Date

June 21, 1877

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 228. Mr. Foster to Mr. Evarts.

Legation of the United States, Mexico, June 21, 1877. (Received July 13.)

No. 552.]

Sir: I inclose herewith a copy and translation of the instructions of the Mexican minister of war, dated on the 18th instant, addressed to General Treviño, commanding the division of the north of the Mexican army. These instructions are occasioned by the receipt of a copy of Secretary McCrary’s order to the General of the Army, containing the instructions to General Ord in reference to preventing the raids from Mexico into Texas.

In view of the extraordinary character of the inclosed order, I have protested to the minister of foreign affairs against its unwarranted assertions in regard to the action and intention of our government, and have stated that I regard its spirit as unfriendly and calculated unduly to excite and prejudice the Mexican people against the United States.

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.