William Lindsay Scruggs was an American author, lawyer, and diplomat. He was a scholar of South American foreign policy and U.S. ambassador to Colombia and Venezuela. He played a key role in the Venezuela Crisis of 1895 and helped shape the modern interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine.
[Inclosure 1 in No. 90—Translation.] Mr. Sanchez to Mr. Scruggs. United States of Colombia, Office of the Interior and Foreign Relations, Bogota, February 23, 1875. Mr. Minister: The undersigned, secretary…
No. 193. Mr. Scruggs to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Bogotá, February 27, 1875. (Received April 19.) No. 90.] Sir: The one hundred and forty-third anniversary of the…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 105.—Translation.] Mr. Sanchez to Mr. Scruggs. United States of Colombia, Office of Foreign Affairs, Bogotá, May 29, 1875. Mr. Minister: In relation to the note of…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 106.—Translation.] Mr. Sanchez to Mr. Scruggs. United States of Colombia, Office of Foreign Affairs, Bogotá, June 2, 1875. Mr. Minister: In the presence of the national…
[Inclosure 1 in No 116.—Translation.] Mr. Rueda to Mr. Scruggs. United States of Colombia, Office of Home and Foreign Relations, Bogotá, August 10, 1875. The undersigned, secretary of the interior…
No. 200. Mr. Scruggs to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Bogotá, August 14, 1875. (Received September 10.) No. 116.] Sir: Within the past few weeks the political situation…