Letter

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen to James Russell Lowell, August 3, 1882

Author

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

Recipient

James Russell Lowell

Date

August 3, 1882

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 131. Mr. Frelinghyusen to Mr. Lowell.

Department of State, Washington, August 3, 1882.

No. 431.]

Sir: In acknowledging your No. 393 of July 10, 1882, I am gratified to learn that two of the six alleged American citizens, to whom I invited your attention in my No. 366 of April 25 last, have been released. I regret, however, to learn that the other four are still detained, and that the British Government does not entertain the intention of bringing them to trial. I have again to instruct you to say to Lord Granville that as these prisoners have been so long detained the President hopes that the British Government may now feel justified in instructing the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to exercise the powers intrusted to him by the first section of the act of March 2, 1881, to order an early trial in these cases.

I am, &c.,

FRED’K T. FRELINGHUYSEN.

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.