Letter

Henry Trescot to Note .—The statement made by me was that, in the present complicated condition of affairs, Chili would not yield her claim to the cession of Tarapacà, unless compelled to do so by a manifestation on the part of the United States of a purpose to force her to that determination; that neither the people nor the Government of the United States had ever contemplated the possibility of assuming a warlike attitude. W. BLAINE, May 9, 1882

Author

Henry Trescot

Recipient

Note .—The statement made by me was that, in the present complicated condition of affairs, Chili would not yield her claim to the cession of Tarapacà, unless compelled to do so by a manifestation on the part of the United States of a purpose to force her to that determination; that neither the people nor the Government of the United States had ever contemplated the possibility of assuming a warlike attitude. W. BLAINE

Date

May 9, 1882

Type

Letter

Language

English

61. Mr. Trescot to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

Special Mission of thé United States in South America, Lima, Peru, May 9, 1882. (Received June 2.)

No. 25.]

Sir: I beg to forward herewith dispatches from Mr. Walker Blaine to myself referring to his recent visit to Bolivia.

I have, &c.,

WM. HENRY TRESCOT.

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.