Letter

Morgan to H. Pinckney Walker, May 16, 1884

Author

Morgan

Recipient

H. Pinckney Walker

Date

May 16, 1884

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2 in No. 820.]

Mr. Morgan to Mr. Walker.

Legation of the United States, Mexico, May 16, 1884.

Sir: Your letter of the 3d instant was received yesterday.

Consular Agent Hoff’s undated dispatch, which I received on the 15th of March last, was the first intimation made to me of your arrest and imprisonment. On the same day that I received his dispatch I called the attention of the Mexican Government to your case, and asked for a speedy investigation thereof.

The secretary for foreign relations replied, on the. 17th March, that he had asked for information upon the subject from the governor of the State of Vera Cruz. On the receipt of your letter of the 3d instant, I addressed another note to the foreign office, again asking that you be afforded a speedy trial, of all of which I informed Mr. Hoff on the 21st March.

I have done, and shall continue to do, everything in my power to protect you in your rights.

I am, &c.,

P. H. MORGAN.

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.