Letter

Telegram received from Hon. William McDougall., July 13, 1866.

Author

William Mcdougall

Date

July 13, 1866

Type

Letter

Language

English

Telegram received from Hon. William McDougall.

Ottawa, July 13, 1866.

D. Thurston, American Consul, Toronto, C. W.:

The prisoners having been taken by the military authorities as persons engaged in a piratical attack upon this province, can only be discharged after acquittal by the proper legal tribunal.

WILLIAM McDOUGALL.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty View original source ↗

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 of the Thirty.