Department
of State,
Washington, August 14,
1888.
No. 224.]
[Inclosure in No. 224.]
Mr. Pettis to Mr.
Bayard.
Washington, August 2,
1888.
Sir: In your letter to Senator J. D. Cameron,
under date of March 22, 1886, relative “to the alleged outrage upon V.
H. MacCord, a citizen of Pennsylvania,” which occurred in Peru, South
America, in June, 1885, you say: Mr. Buck reports to this Department
“that the circumstances referred to transpired previous to his arrival
in Peru, but that no protest or complaint from Mr. MacCord was found
upon the records of the legation, nor has any been since received.”
I now have the honor, as the representative of Mr. MacCord, to inclose
you a copy of Mr. MacCord’s protest, made immediately after his
liberation, and at once forwarded to the American minister at Lima,
Peru.
I am also informed by letter from Mr. MacCord that the action of the
prefect, Manuel San Roman, was in December, 1886, submitted to the
Government of Peru, at Lima, and without notice to either Mr. MacCord or
the railroad company investigated and approved, an official notice of
which was given Mr. MacCord, dated the 22d day of December, 1886.
May I ask if this additional statement of facts does not entitle the case
of Mr. MacCord to fresh consideration by our Government?
I have, etc.,