Letter

Charles R. Lowell to Mr. Fogarty, February 24, 1881

Author

Charles R. Lowell

Recipient

Mr. Fogarty

Date

February 24, 1881

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 3 in No. 331.]

Mr. Lowell to Mr. Fogarty.

Legation of the United States,
February 24, 1881.

Sir: I have received your letter of the 22d instant, with the certificate of naturalization, and the extracts from the newspapers, all of which I reinclose herewith.

You do not send me any report of your trial at the assizes, but it appears from the “magisterial investigation” that you were with others in the house in Killbury “resisting the retaking of possession by the subsheriff.”

The fact that you are an American citizen does not protect you from the consequences of breaking the laws of this country, and the right to a “mixed jury,” if any such institution still exists in Ireland, does not apply in your case.

This is not an occasion, in my opinion, in which I can properly intervene, excepting under instructions from the Department of State.

I am, &c.,

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.