PACKARD, Consul to His worship the Mayor for the Borough of Liverpool, October 15, 1879

Mr. Packard to the Mayor of Liverpool.

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that the United States Government has communicated to its diplomatic representative in Great Britain a circular letter, dated at the State Department August 9, 1879, on the subject of Mormon emigration (a printed copy attached) and, under date of August 26, the State Department, in a communication to this consulate, instructs me with reference to the departure of Mormon emigrants, and adds: “discreet and opportune suggestions on your part to the local authorities concerning such movements would doubtless aid the general representations which the legation is instructed to make.”

I have the honor to state that I am credibly informed that a large number, say seventy persons, Mormons, intend to sail per steamship Arizona next Saturday, October 18, destined for the Territory of Utah, there to join a Mormon community at Salt Lake, Utah, with intent there to violate the laws of the United States.

I am, sir, &c.,