Letter
The Right Honorable the Earl of Derby to Edwards Pierrepont, August 30, 1876
[Inclosure 2 in No. 35.]
Lord Derby to Mr. Pierrepont.
Foreign Office, August 30, 1876.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d instant, calling my attention to a joint resolution, a copy of which you inclose, of the Congress of the United States, having for its object the pardon and release from prison of one Edward O’M. Condon, who is undergoing his sentence in this country for participation in the attack made upon the police at Manchester in September, 1867, in an attempt to rescue certain Fenian prisoners; and I have to state to you, in reply, that I have referred your letter to Her Majesty’s secretary of state for the home department.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
DERBY.
The Hon. Edwards Pierrepont.
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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.