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- GLC#
- GLC05269
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 16, 1871
- Author/Creator
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Title
- to Franz Sigel
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 12.6 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
President Grant asks former General Franz Sigel to be Secretary of the Commission to Santo Domingo. In 1869 the Senate refused to approve a treaty annexing Santo Domingo, but in his 1870 message to Congress, Grant reopened the issue. The House authorized him to form a commission to investigate the issue further. He tells Sigel to respond by telegraph if he accepts. Says a naval ship will await the commission at Norfolk, Virginia. On Executive Mansion stationary.
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