Letter
Lyons to Consul Archibald, February 4, 1864
[Enclosure 3 in No. 23.]
Lord Lyons to Consul Archibald.
Washington, February 4, 1864.
Sir: I transmit to you a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of State, which was enclosed in a note from the Secretary of State, which I received last evening. Immediately after it reached me, I despatched to you the following telegram:
“Secretary of State informs me that a court of inquiry is now assemhled at the navy yard, Boston, to investigate the killing of the mate of the Saxon, and that if there be any material witness in the United States, be will be allowed ten cents per mile for his travelling expenses, and two dollars per diem during his attendance. Ought not Captain Shephard to attend?”
I am, &c.,
LYONS.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.