Letter

Ricardo Heriero to De Long, August 30, 1872

Author

Ricardo Heriero

Recipient

De Long

Date

August 30, 1872

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 1.]

Captain Heriero to Mr. De Long.

Yokohama, August 30, 1872.

Sir: I beg respectfully to lay before your excellency a letter addressed by me to the Kanagawa Kencho, demanding an order to send back the Chinese passengers taken from on board my ship, the Maria Luz, together with a document received in answer to this letter.

The Japanese government, instead of complying with my request, demands me to commence an action against every one of the passengers, stating that the same have declared not to go on board again from their own will, although the legal contracts under which they shipped at Macao are in its possession.

I now humbly beg to crave your excellency’s assistance in this matter, trusting that, through your excellency’s influence with the foreign ministry in Yedo, a modification of the resolution may be obtained.

I have, &c.,

RICARDO HERIERO.

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.