Letter

NESBET, Colonial Secretary to Thomas Kirkpatrick, January 31, 1865

Author

NESBET, Colonial Secretary

Recipient

Thomas Kirkpatrick

Date

January 31, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Enclosure No. 4.]

Mr. Nesbet to Mr. Kirkpatrick.

Colonial Secretary’s Office. Nassau, January 31, 1865.

Sir. I am directed by the governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date, and, in reply, to express his excellency’s regret that he is restricted from granting the leave requested on behalf of the United States. ship-of-war Honduras to anchor in this harbor to transact some business with this consulate in regard to payment of salvage to the wreckers of the United States ship San Jacinto, lately wrecked, except “in cases of grave emergency, and of real necessity and distress;” and his excellency requests that you will lose no time in conveying this reply to the commander of the Honduras.

I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient servant,

C. R. NESBET, Colonial Secretary.

Thomas Kirkpatrick. Esq., United States Consul, Nassau, N. P.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C.