Letter
Richard P. Hammond to Bennet Gr. Burley, March 25, 1865
[Inclosure.]
[Extracts from correspondence relating to case of Bennet Gr. Burley.]
Mr. Hammond to Mr. Burley.
Foreign Office, March 25, 1865.
No. 8.]
Sir: I am directed by Earl Russell to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday’s date, and to state to you that a copy of it shall be transmitted to Her Majesty’s minister at Washington by this evening’s mail, with instructions to continue to use his best exertions, so far as the case admits of it, on your son’s behalf.
I am, however, to add that if your son is bona fide tried for the robbery for which he was given up, the right of the United States Government to try him for piracy also could not be resisted.
I am, &.,
E. HAMMOND.
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