Letter

PACKARD, Consul to Hoppin, October 15, 1879

Author

PACKARD, Consul

Recipient

Hoppin

Date

October 15, 1879

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2 in No. 89.]

Mr. Packard to Mr. Hoppin.

Consulate United States of America, Liverpool, October 15, 1879.

Sir: In compliance with a circular from the State Department dated August 26, 1879, which instructs me to report to the legation without loss of time any facts relative to the emigration of Mormons to the United States, I have the honor to inform you that a large number, probably about 70 persons, known as Mormons, have engaged passage and are expected to emigrate from this port on Saturday next, the 18th instant, destined for the Territory of Utah, in the steamship Arizona of the Guion line of steamers bonnd for New York.

Also, in compliance to Department instruction, I have called the attention of his worship the mayor of the borough of Liverpool to the proposed departure of Mormon emigrants. A copy of my letter to him is inclosed.

I am, &c.,

S. B. PACKARD, Consul.

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.