Letters and Diaries

Title -   James Buchanan, Secretary of State of the United States to John Black, United States Consul at Mexico City. September 17, 1845

Date -   September 17, 1845

Publication Information -   Messages of the President of the United States, with the correspondence, therewith communicated, between the Secretary of War and other officers of the government, on the subject of the Mexican War.   Published by: Wendall and van Benthuysen, Washington, 1848

Format -   Letters (correspondence)

Collection -   The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Special Collections.

Call Number -   E404.U59 Library Collections Depository, Special Collections

Description -   Acting on the report that Mexico was now prepared to restore diplomatic relations, the Polk administration instructed John Black, the U.S. consul in Mexico City, to inform the Mexican government that the United States was prepared to send an envoy authorized to adjust all questions in dispute between the two governments.