Letter

[Translation.], September 6, 1866.

Author
JUAN VALDEZ, Principal Officer
Date
September 6, 1866
Type
Letter
Language
English
No. 2.

[Translation.]

Department of Finance and Public Credit, Chihuahua, September 6, 1866.

The governor and military commander of the State of Guerrero says to me, under date of 1st June last, as I copy:

“Your despatch of 11th April is received, in which you request this government to report what was the cause of deciding that some American citizens should pay again the duties they had already satisfied with the French authorities during their stay in Acapulco. I have the honor to say, in reply, that as soon as that port may be left unoccupied by the enemy I will send the report in question, because it is not proper to the public service to send it now, because there is no security that the correspondence may reach the point intended, as perhaps it would fall into the enemy’s hands, which I think it prudent to avoid, because there is in question a matter which may commit persons who are living there, which I transcribe to you for your information.

IGLESIAS.

The Minister of Foreign Relations.

A true copy:

JUAN VALDEZ, Principal Officer.
Topics
19th CenturyDiplomacyReconstruction
Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty.