Letter

Gonzalo Lanza to To the, December 31, 1874

Author

Gonzalo Lanza

Recipient

To the

Date

December 31, 1874

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2 in No. 42.—Translation.]

General Lanza to Mr. Reynolds.

Superior Military Chief of the North, Bolivia, La Paz, December 31, 1874.

Sir: I have been pained to learn by your dispatch of to-day that the ignorance of our soldiers made them go into your house with the purpose of taking your servants; and I feel it more deeply as the authorities have proclaimed principles and guarantees in accord with the cultivated mind of the illustrious General Quevedo, Provisional President of the republic. The constituted authorities have felt it their duty to respect most particularly the different flags that honor this town.

For the future I have dictated with this date the general order you will find inclosed.

I hope, sir, you will excuse a fault caused by the ignorance of our soldiers.

With such a plausible motive I offer you, sir, the considerations of my highest respect.

S. M. GONZALO LANZA.

To the Minister of the United States.

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.