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J. R. Poinsett, the US Minister to Mexico, writes to Thomas Milton about the receipt of documents and communication regarding seizures of cargo of the Schooner Fair American. He reports "everything has been done to induce the Government to reorder justice to the claimants...you may depend upon my continuining to prosecute this claim agreeably to my instructions from the Secretary of State." dated November 14, 1826.
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To Thomas Wilson Esq Merchant Baltimore Mexico 14th Nov. 1826. Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th of August respecting the seizure of the cargo of the Schooner Fair American. I certainly should have acknowledged the receipt of the documents and of your communication received thro the Department of State, had not I supposed that my correspondence with ? Reardon Green and Co. on that subject rendered it unnecessary. Mr LeGrand is still here and every thing has been done to induce this Government to render justice to the claimants. It is to flagrant a case of injustice, that I cannot believe we shall ultimately succeed, but all the business of the Mexican Government proceeds with such caution and slowness that it is impossible for me to fix the probably team of their decision in this most iniquitous concern. You may depend upon my continuing to prosecute this claim agreeably to my instructions from the Secretary of State, and upon receiving the earliest information of the Result. I have the honor to be Sir Yr. Ob. Sert. J.K. Poinsett
Creation Date
11-14-1826
City
Mexico
Country
Mexico
Creator Life Dates
1779-1851
Keywords
J. R. Poinsett, Thomas Milton, Legrand, Mexican Government, Secretary of State, Mexico, merchant, Reardon Green and Company, claimants, seizure, flagrant, injustice, Department of State, baltimore, Schooner Fair American, cargo, receipt, Mexico City, November 14 1826.
Resource Identifier
071030-02
Date Digital
March 2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Latin American History | Political History | United States History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
En-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, "Joel Poinsett letter to Thomas Milton regarding receipt of documents for cargo of the Schooner Fair American, dated November 14 1826." (1826). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 195.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/195
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