Letter

SMITHERS , United States Consul to Mr. Reggio, October 15, 1872

Author

SMITHERS , United States Consul

Recipient

Mr. Reggio

Date

October 15, 1872

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure.]

Mr. Smithers to Mr. Reggio.

United States Consulate, Smyrna, October 15, 1872.

Sir: With a view of ascertaining whether or not you are entitled to protection of this consulate, as a naturalized citizen of the United States, I have to ask that you will appear at this consulate on or before Thursday next to reply to the following interrogatories, viz:

What is your age?
Where were you born, and what was the nationality of your parents?
Where did you reside before going to the United States?
When did you first arrive in the United States?
When did you leave the United States for the first time and return to Smyrna?
How long have you been residing at Smyrna since your return, and under what protection have you been?
When did you establish your firm of Reggio & Belhomme?
When did you go to the United States and obtain your naturalization?

I am, &c.,

E. J. SMITHERS,
United States 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.