No. 305.
Mr. Hoppin
to Mr. Evarts.
Legation of
the United States,
London, March 27, 1880.
(Received April 9.)
No. 166.]
Sir: Referring to instruction No. 421, of the 11th
of February last, from the Department of State, I have the honor to inclose
the copy of a correspondence between myself and the consul at Liverpool in
regard to the anticipated departure of a company of Mormon emigrants from
that port for the United States.
I hope that my action in this matter will be approved by the Department.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 166.]
Mr. Packard to Mr.
Lowell.
Consulate, United States of America,
Liverpool, March 17, 1880.
Sir: In compliance with a circular from the
State Department, dated August 26, 1879, which instructs me to report to
the legation, without loss of time, any facts relative to the emigration
of Mormons to the United States, I have the honor to inform you that the
first company of this year’s emigration will leave Liverpool on
Saturday, April 10, 1880, per steamer Wyoming, of the Guion line, hound
for New York.
I am, &c.,
[Inclosure 2 in No. 166.]
Mr. Hoppin to Mr.
Packard.
Legation of the United States,
London, March 18,
1880.
Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of yesterday, addressed to Mr. Lowell, stating that the first
company of Mormon emigrants for this year would leave Liverpool on
Saturday, the 10th of April next, by the Wyoming, of the Guion line.
As Her Majesty’s Government confines its action in this matter to the
publication of a notice, by the police authorities, warning intending
emigrants to Utah of the consequences of infringing the laws of the
United States on the subject of polygamy, it would be desirable to bring
this projected departure of Mormons to the notice of the police of
Liverpool, with the request that it should repeat the warning that was
given in previous cases.
I am, &c.,
