Letters and Diaries

Title -   John Black, United States Consul at Mexico City, to James Buchanan, Secretary of State of the United States. December 18th, 1845

Date -   December 18, 1845

Publication Information -   Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States: Inter-American Affairs, 1831-1860.   Published by: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, 1939

Format -   Letters (correspondence)

Collection -   The University of Texas at Arlington Library.

Call Number -   F 1418 M273 v. 8

Description -   On December 3rd, 1845, Black informed the Mexican minister of foreign affairs, Manuel Peña y Peña, of Slidell’s arrival in Veracruz. Surprised by this news, the minister told the U.S. consul that the Herrera government had not expected an envoy until January. Believing that the arrival of a U.S. diplomat would undermine the authority of the Herrera government, which was being accused by the political opposition of treason for negotiating with the United States, Peña y Peña asked if Slidell’s arrival in the capital could be delayed.