Charles Elliot to Anson Jones, March 22, 1844

Summary: Elliot requested Jones to allow the British ship Hyacinth to enforce the anti-slave trade treaty in the Caribbean.

GALVESTON March 22. 1844.

The Undersigned Her Britannic Majesty's Charge' d' Affaires to the Republic of Texas has the honor to request that the Government of Texas will be pleased to issue a Warrant enabling Commander Francis Scott of Her Majesty's Sloop "Hyacinth" about to be employed on the North American and West India Station to act under the treaty between Great Britain and Texas for the suppression of the Slave Trade

He avails himself of this occasion to renew to Mr. Jones the expressions of regard and distinguished consideration with which he has the honor to remain

His faithful and most obedient Servant

CHARLES ELLIOT.

The Honorable

ANSON JONES

etc. etc. etc.

Washington on the Brazos

Source Copy Consulted: Charles Elliot to Anson Jones, March 22, 1844, in George Garrison, ed., Diplomatic Correspondence of the Republic of Texas, Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1908, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911), 3 vols., 3: 1150