Mr. Morris to Mr. Seward.
U.S. Department of State · 1861
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Description
Edward Joy Morris sent this report from Constantinople to Secretary of State William H. Seward on 25 August 1861, the earliest paper in the volume's Turkish file. It is Document 628 in the 1862 volume of Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs.
Morris wrote in the war's first summer, from a capital where American concerns were trade, travel, and the protection of citizens under treaty. His early report established the Ottoman file's character: local, practical, and remote from the rebellion except as the rebellion changed America's standing in the world. For Seward, even distant posts had to be heard from, since a global republic's business never wholly sleeps. The letter reaches back to the season when the Department was first organizing its wartime network.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | U.S. Department of State |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1861 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2353 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian |
Source: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1862/d628