Letter

James C. Morton to Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, January 29, 1883

Author

James C. Morton

Recipient

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

Date

January 29, 1883

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 124. Mr. Morton to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

Legation of the United States, Paris, January 29, 1883. (Received February 19.)

No. 289.]

Sir: Although there are very few destitute Americans in France who might become a charge to the French authorities, it happens that the police report cases to me with the request that they be taken in charge by the legation. The minister of foreign affairs and the minister of the interior send also, occasionally, requests of the same nature, and I have recently received from the former a communication inquiring if my Government could not come to the assistance of one Kingston, an American citizen, now at the hospital of Rennes, who, “being a foreigner, cannot remain a charge to the French authorities.”

As I am unable officially to respond favorably to any demand of this kind, I have seized this opportunity to make known to Mr. Duclerc the reason why our Government could not take any action in such cases as the one presented.

I send herewith a copy of my communication on this subject, and hope that it will meet the approval of the Department.

I have, &c.,

LEVI P. MORTON.

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.