Harry Moody to Hamilton Gray, January 2, 1864

Captain Moody to Mr. Gray.

Sir: I am directed by his excellency the lieutenant governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo, in which you make application to his excellency to be furnished with copies of a warrant lately issued by his excellency under the extradition treaty with the United States, authorizing the arrest of certain persons therein named, as well as for copies of any application that may have been made to his excellency by the United States consul at St. John on this subject, and of the depositions by which such application may have been accompanied. I am further directed to inform you that his excellency will lose no time in consulting the law officers of the crown on the subject of your application, and his excellency’s reply shall be communicated to you with the least possible delay.

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