Letter

James Russell Lowell to James Lynam, April 25, 1882

Author

James Russell Lowell

Recipient

James Lynam

Date

April 25, 1882

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 9 in No. 351.]

Mr. Lowell to Mr. Lynam.

Legation of the United States, London, April 25, 1882.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of your letter of the 22d instant.

It will be necessary before I can make any application on your behalf that I should have the proper proof that you are a citizen of the United States.

It will not be sufficient for me to obtain from the War Department at Washington a statement that you have served in the United States Army, and were honorably discharged. This service does not make you a citizen, although it facilitates your application to become one.

It will be necessary for me to have the original or a certified copy of the order for your naturalization.

Will you, therefore, kindly obtain from the court in the United States in which this order was obtained a certified copy of it and forward the same to me.

I am, your obedient servant,

J. R. LOWELL.

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.