Letter

Lister to Hoppin, April 22, 1880

Author

Lister

Recipient

Hoppin

Date

April 22, 1880

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 4 in No. 180.]

Mr. Lister to Mr. Hoppin.

Foreign Office, April 22, 1880.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday’s date, stating that, from information received by you, it would appear that on the arrival at Queenstown of the United States ship Constellation, conveying supplies contributed by citizens of the United States for the relief of the destitute people of Ireland, the receiver of customs at that port placed custom-house officers on board the frigate, and that although, at the request of the United States consul at Cork, the customs officers left, they afterwards returned, and are by last advices still on board, and I have to state to you that I have referred your communication to the proper department of Her Majesty’s Government, with a request that immediate effect may be given to your wishes.

I shall, on receiving a reply, have the honor of addressing a further communication to you upon the subject.

I have, &c.,

For the Marquis of Salisbury.

T. V. LISTER.

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.