Letter

Rumsey Wing to Hamilton Fish, October 17, 1871

Author

Rumsey Wing

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

October 17, 1871

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 108. Mr. Wing to Mr. Fish.

United States Legation, Quito, Ecuador, October 17, 1871. (Received Nov. 16.)

No. 151.]

Sir: I have the honor to forward to the Department copies (1 and 2) of a communication from the American vice-consul at Guayaquil, and an affidavit of Dr. L. D. Wilson, an American citizen. I have delayed forwarding these articles before, in order to give the Ecuadorian government an opportunity of explaining the affair.

I am informed that the arrest of Dr. Wilson was a mistake, arising from the fact that he was mistaken for his servant by the officer who arrested him, and that he was released so soon as the matter was brought to official notice. I must say that Dr. Wilson’s statement embodies a very flagrant case of outrage upon private rights.

In view of the premises, I submit the matter to the consideration of the Department, and await its instructions as to what course I must pursue.

I have, &c,

RUMSEY WING.

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 Pr 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 Pr.