Letter

The most honorable the Marquis of Salisbury to John Welsh, June 8, 1878

Author

The most honorable the Marquis of Salisbury

Recipient

John Welsh

Date

June 8, 1878

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2 in No. 93.]

Lord Salisbury to Mr. Welsh.

Foreign Office, June 8, 1878.

Sir: With reference to my note of the 6th instant on the subject of the Liberian boundary commission, I have the honor to inform you that a telegram has been received from the governor of Sierra Leone stating that he had been informed by the President of Liberia that the Liberian commissioners had not yet been named.

Under these circumstances Her Majesty’s Government consider that it will now be impossible for the commission to meet before the end of the approaching rainy season, and I have accordingly requested Her Majesty’s secretary of state for the colonies to instruct the governor of Gibraltar to inform Commander Bradford, of the United States sloop Marion, to that effect, and that due notice will be given to him when a time has been definitely fixed for the meeting of the commission.

I further beg leave to acquaint you that the governor of Sierra Leone has informed the President of Liberia of the appointment of Commander Bradford, of the United States sloop Marion, as arbitrator on the commission, and that it is considered desirable that the commissioners should meet at Sierra Leone in the first instance.

I have, &c.,

SALISBURY.

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.