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John Mercer Langston to I solemnly declare that I am a citizen of the United States of America, born 8th June, 1849, in Baltimore, Md. C. W. MOSSELL, July 22, 1884

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I solemnly declare that I am a citizen of the United States of America, born 8th June, 1849, in Baltimore, Md. C. W. MOSSELL

Date

July 22, 1884

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Letter

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English

No. 224. Mr. Langston to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

Legation of the United States, Port au Prince, Hayti, July 22, 1884. (Received August 6.)

No. 652.]

Sir: I have the honor to advise you that, on the 15th instant, according to my note of that date, addressed to Mr. St. Victor, a copy of which is herewith transmitted, I did, after full and thorough investigation with regard thereto, bring to the attention of the Haytien Government the facts and circumstances connected with the extreme abuse and maltreatment of Mr. C. W. Mossell, an American citizen, and his wife and family, on the 23d day of September, 1883, in this city; and I demanded the redress and satisfaction thereof in the payment of $60,000.

I have the honor to transmit herewith inclosed the full statement of Mr. Mossell with respect to the grievances of himself and his family.

As yet I have not received a reply on this subject from the Haytien Government. Hereafter I shall communicate the response which may be made.

Meantime, I trust that my action in the premises will be approved by you.

I am, &c.,

JOHN MERCER LANGSTON.

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19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

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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.