Letter

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen to John Mercer Langston, October 1, 1884

Author

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

Recipient

John Mercer Langston

Date

October 1, 1884

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 231. Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Langston.

Department of State, Washington, October 1, 1884.

No. 300.]

Sir: Mr. W. K. Yan Bokkelen, father of Mr. G. A. Yan Bokkelen, whose arrest and imprisonment at Port au Prince for debt has been the subject of recent correspondence with your legation, naturally shows the greatest solicitude for his son, and frequently addresses the Department in his behalf, while your No. 647 of July 7 last, in giving a detailed statement of the case, said that Mr. Yan Bokkelen’s health was not very good, and that in consequence thereof you had succeeded in having him removed from the jail to the military hospital.

I am constrained, therefore, to inquire whether the appeal foreshadowed in your No. 647 has been taken, and, if so, whether the decision of the court of cassation has been rendered. If not, and Mr. Yan Bokkelen is still in confinement, you will take every proper step to obtain his immediate release.

I am, &c.,

FRED’K T. FRELINGHUYSEN.

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.