Letter

BARROWS, United States Consul to James Russell Lowell , United States, March 18, 1881

Author

BARROWS, United States Consul

Recipient

James Russell Lowell , United States

Date

March 18, 1881

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 4 in No. 144.]

Consul Barrows to Mr. Lowell.

Consulate of the United States, Dublin, March 18, 1881.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your dispatch of 14th instant.

On yesterday I again visited Mr. Boyton and took down his statement. As the burden of proof rests with Mr. Boyton, I have simply reduced his answers to a condensed statement, and allowed him to tell his own story in his own way. I shall be pleased to know whether or not this meets with your approval. Statement transmitted herewith.

Pending your decision on the question of his citizenship, I have not placed myself officially in communication with the Crown authorities, nor made any demand in Mr. Boyton’s behalf. Personally, Mr. Boyton informs me, he is treated with the utmost courtesy by the prison officials.

I have the honor to be, sir,

B. H. BARROWS,
United States Consul.

Hon. James Russell Lowell, United States Minister, London.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.