Letter

Henri Mercier to A true copy: FAUCONNET, The Chancellor of the, January 5, 1863

Author

Henri Mercier

Recipient

A true copy: FAUCONNET, The Chancellor of the

Date

January 5, 1863

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Translation.]

Mr. Mercier to Mr. Seward.

Legation of France in the United States, Washington, January 5, 1863.

Sir: In acknowledging the receipt, under date of the 15th of last November, of your excellency’s note dated the eighth of the same month, in relation to the reclamation of Mr. François Bougére, I informed you that I would take prompt measures for obtaining at New Orleans a more detailed information, both with respect to the facts which had caused the complaint of that Frenchman, and his previous conduct and the position he had held from the commencement of the war. I have now the honor to enclose to your excellency another memorial which Mr. Bougére has sent to the Emperor’s consul at New Orleans, and which will meet, I trust, all the objections contained in your note of the 15th November.

I again call the benevolent and just attention of the government of the United States to this matter.

I embrace this occasion, sir, to renew to your excellency the assurances of my high consideration.

HENRI MERCIER.

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth .