Mr. Pelissier to Mr. Thouvenel.
U.S. Department of State · 1862
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Description
Marshal Pelissier, the French commander and governor in Algeria, wrote to Foreign Minister Edouard Thouvenel on 3 March 1862. The letter is printed as Document 359 in the 1862 Foreign Relations volume, within the French papers.
Papers from Algeria enter the American file because France's empire and the American war touched in trade, shipping, and the politics of cotton and ports. Pelissier was one of France's most famous soldiers, a marshal of the empire. His letter shows how far the paper trail of the American question reached into French councils. Seward tested what Mercier said against what Dayton reported from Paris, week by week.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | U.S. Department of State |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1862 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2051 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian |
Source: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1862/d359