Letter

KELTON, United States Consul to Ignacio Ramirez, February 3, 1877

Author

KELTON, United States Consul

Recipient

Ignacio Ramirez

Date

February 3, 1877

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2 in No. 510.]

Mr. Kelton to Mr. Ramirez.

Consulate of the United States, Mazatlan, Mexico, February 3, 1877.

Sir: I feel obliged to call your attention to an interview I had with you on the 18th day of January, 1877, relative to General F. O. Arce, then under the protection of this consulate, in which interview you assured me that General Arce would be permitted to remain in this consulate free from molestation or arrest.

Notwithstanding these assurances, on the evening of the 2d day of February a large body of armed men did forcibly enter this consulate during my absence, without my knowledge or consent, and removed therefrom by force the person of General Arce.

I deeply regret to be obliged to call your attention to the manner of arresting General Arce as indicating an intentional lack of courtesy toward the consulate I have the honor to represent.

I deem it my duty to refer the matter to the Government of the United States.

I have, &c.,

E. G. KELTON,
United States Consul.

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.