Letter

Rumsey Wing to Señor Francisco Javier Leon, October 17, 1871

Author

Rumsey Wing

Recipient

Señor Francisco Javier Leon

Date

October 17, 1871

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 1 in No. 158.]

Mr. Wing to Mr. Leon.

United States Legation, Quito, Ecuador, October 17, 1871.

Sir: Referring to the arrest and imprisonment of Dr. L. D. Wilson, an American citizen, at Guayaquil, concerning which I have hitherto had the honor of several conversations with your excellency, I have the honor to state that I find it is necessary, in view of the direct request of Dr. Wilson, to forward the facts of the case to the State Department at Washington for its consideration.

If in accordance with the judgment of the government of your excellency, I will be gratified if your excellency will furnish me with a reply hereto, embodying the circumstances of the whole case, as detailed to me verbally heretofore by your excellency.

I feel that it is due to this government as a matter of justice that the State Department should understand its view of the matter, in considering the complaint of Dr. Wilson, whose treatment at the hands of certain officials at Guayaquil I have fully explained to your excellency.

With assurances of my very great consideration, I have, &c,

E. 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.