Letter

James Lynam to James Russell Lowell, April 22, 1882

Author

James Lynam

Recipient

James Russell Lowell

Date

April 22, 1882

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 8 in No. 351.]

Mr. Lynam to Mr. Lowell.

Naas Jail, April 22, 1882.

Sir: I beg to inform you I served the United States flag in the Regular Army, and was honorably discharged at Fort (illegible) August 5, 1870. I served in Capt. Charles A. Wikoff’s company, E, Eleventh Infantry; the late General Gillam was my colonel; I held the rank of first sergeant. I am now detained as a suspect in a British jail. I trust you will demand my trial or release. It is disgraceful the way Americans are treated. I am a citizen of the United States, but I lost my papers. If you will kindly communicate with the War Department at Washington, you will find my statement correct. I have written to the chief secretary for Ireland about the matter. I hope you will bring my case under his notice.

Respectfully, yours,

JAMES LYNAM.

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.