Letter

DAWSON, Deputy and Vice-Consul to Charles R. Lowell, February 23, 1882

Author

DAWSON, Deputy and Vice-Consul

Recipient

Charles R. Lowell

Date

February 23, 1882

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 47 in No. 331.]

Mr. Dawson to Mr. Lowell.

Consulate of the United States, Queenstown, February 23, 1882.

Sir: I have the honor to inclose a copy of a letter received to-day from Mr. Michael Hart.

On Sunday last Mr. Hart, of Carrigtohill, brother of Michael Hart, called on me. I Informed him of the fact of my having had an interview with the chief of police at Mi die ton, and that I was under the impression his brother would be released provided he would sign the undertaking which I advised him to offer.

From what I could gather, Michael Hart is not disposed to sign any such undertaking. He evidently values the opinions of his friends in this country more than his liberty, and he also “thinks it would be cowardly to sign any pledge for his future conduct or to accept release, except unconditionally.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

G. B. DAWSON,
Deputy and Vice-Consul.

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.