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Letters from 1882

481 letters
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Henry Trescot to Note .—The statement made by me was that, in the present complicated condition of affairs, Chili would not yield her claim to the cession of Tarapacà, unless compelled to do so by a manifestation on the part of the United States of a purpose to force her to that determination; that neither the people nor the Government of the United States had ever contemplated the possibility of assuming a warlike attitude. W. BLAINE, May 9, 1882

From Henry Trescot
To Note .—The statement made by me was that, in the present complicated condition of affairs, Chili would not yield her claim to the cession of Tarapacà, unless compelled to do so by a manifestation on the part of the United States of a purpose to force her to that determination; that neither the people nor the Government of the United States had ever contemplated the possibility of assuming a warlike attitude. W. BLAINE
May 9, 1882

61. Mr. Trescot to Mr. Frelinghuysen. Special Mission of thé United States in South America, Lima, Peru, May 9, 1882. (Received June 2.) No. 25.] Sir: I beg to forward…