Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 3, 1889

Mr. Ryan to Mr. Blaine.

Legation of the United States,
Mexico, July 20, 1889. (Received July 29.)

No. 47.]

Sir: In connection with my No. 30, of the 30th ultimo, relative to the case of R. C. Work, Tamaulipas, I have the honor to inclose copy of a letter from Mrs. Work, which explains itself.

I am, etc.,

Thos. Ryan.

[Inclosure in No. 47.]

Mrs. Work to Mr. Ryan.

Ciudad, Victoria, July 6, 1889.

Sir: I am in receipt of yours of 29th June, giving me great hope that in the near future there is a prospect for a just and speedy trial.

He has never asked more than a just, speedy, and impartial trial, and the parties who maltreated my daughter and self on 29th February, 1888, should be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law.

I have the honor to be,

Mrs. Mary E. Work.