Letter

Robert Lincoln to Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, April 6, 1882

Author

Robert Lincoln

Recipient

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

Date

April 6, 1882

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure.]

Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

War Department, Washington City, April 6, 1882. (Received April 7.)

Sir: Referring to the reported depredations in the State of Sonora by the Chiricahua Indians who escaped from the San Carlos Reservation, which was the subject of your communication of the 1st ultimo, I have the honor to invite your attention to the copy of a letter transmitted herewith, dated the 23d ultimo, from the commanding general of the Military Division of the Pacific, and the accompanying copy of his instructions of March 17, 1882, to the commanding general of the Department of Arizona on the subject; attention is also invited to the inclosed copy of a letter dated March 26, 1882, from the General of the Army, approving of the measures taken to prevent the incursions of these Indians.

Very respectfully, &c.,

ROBERT T. LINCOLN,
Secretary of War.

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.