Letter

Hoppin , Esq., &c., &c., &c to Hoppin, September 26, 1878

Author

Hoppin , Esq., &c., &c., &c

Recipient

Hoppin

Date

September 26, 1878

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 4 in No. 17.]

Lord Salisbury to Mr. Hoppin.

Foreign Office, September 26, 1878.

Sir: I referred to Her Majesty’s secretary of state for the home department, your letter of the 7th instant, inclosing copy of a communication addressed to you by the secretary of the “Political Prisoners Visiting Committee,” relative to the convicts Condon and Melody, and I have the honor to acquaint you that a reply has been received stating that although the application of the committee arrived too late to he acted upon, it was, at the same time, one that could not in any case have been entertained by Mr. Cross.

It is added, however, that before leaving the prison the convicts were carefully examined by the medical officer of the establishment, who reported them to be in good health.

I have the honor to be, &c.,

SALISBURY.
W. J. Hoppin, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

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.