Letter

Horace Maynard to Hamilton Fish, June 13, 1876

Author

Horace Maynard

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

June 13, 1876

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 306. Mr. Maynard to Mr. Fish.

Legation of the United States, Constantinople, June 13, 1876. (Received July 20.)

No. 71.]

Sir: I have the honor to inclose, for the purpose of giving you a complete history of the almost-forgotten Salonica affair, two dispatches to the legation from Mr. Lazzaro, the United States consular agent, with translations.

So far as I can learn from all the information at my command, he has borne himself during this distressing period with great forbearance, and has exhibited a very becoming spirit. I think you will agree with me that these communications place his candor and his judgment in a very favorable light.

Rachid Pacha, the minister of foreign affairs, expressed himself to me quite satisfied that the imputation made upon him by the report of the governor-general of Salonica was unwarranted, and promised so to telegraph to the minister in Washington, with instructions to inform the Department of State.

I am, &c.,

HORACE MAYNARD.

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.