Letter

Wickham Hoffman to Hamilton Fish, March 10, 1876

Author

Wickham Hoffman

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

March 10, 1876

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 109. Mr. Hoffman to Mr. Fish.

Legation of the United States, London, March 10, 1876. (Received March 24.)

No. 39.]

Sir: Referring to your dispatch No. 849, in relation to the extradition of Winslow, I have the honor to inclose to you herewith a copy of a note which I received last evening from Lord Derby, dated March 8, and also a copy of a note which I addressed to him upon the same day. Having reason to believe that Her Majesty’s government are determined to adhere to the position taken by them, and refuse to give up Winslow, unless a law or arrangement is made that be shall be tried only for the extradition crime, upon the ground that the extradition act of 1870 leaves them no choice in the matter, I addressed my argument, as you will observe, principally to show that the act does not apply to the treaty, and I referred especially to the 27th section, (ch. 52; 33, 34,) to which you called my attention.

I have, &c.,

WICKHAM HOFFMAN.

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.