Letter
HATHORNE, United States Consul to Edward N. Kirk, December 26, 1878
[Inclosure 1 in Mr. Hathorne’s No. 42.]
Mr. Hathorne to Mr. Kirk.
United States Consulate, Zanzibar, December 26, 1878.
Sir: It has come to my knowledge that the American bark Laconia, of New Bedford, now lying in this port, was boarded last evening by an officer of Her Majesty’s ship London, who took two men from her to the London.
As this vessel’s papers are deposited in this consulate, she is consequently under my control, and without now going into details as to whether Article I of the treaty of 1862, between the United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, has or has not been violated by the officer of the London in boarding the Laconia “within the limits of a settlement or port” in the manner he did, I must herewith request that the men above mentioned be delivered over to me forthwith.
I have, &c.,
W. H. HATHORNE,
United States Consul.
United States Consul.
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