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Nelson to Hamilton Fish, March 4, 1873
No. 285. Mr. Nelson to Mr. Fish.
Legation of the United States, Mexico, March 4, 1873. (Received March 21.)
No. 712.]
Sir: I herewith transmit copies of a very interesting and important correspondence between the Earl Granville, British minister of foreign affairs, and Mr. Lafragua, Mexican minister of foreign affairs, concerning certain incursions which, it is alleged, were recently made by Mexican Indians upon the British territory of Honduras. The British government intimates that, unless Mexico makes prompt reparation, it will be compelled to take measures in own hands to obtain satisfaction for the past and security for the future. The reply of Mr. Lafragua is firm and dignified, and, at the same time, furnishes a conclusive answer to the demand for redress.
I have, &c.,
THOMAS H. NELSON.
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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.