Letter
William H. Seward to Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, June 21, 1866
Mr. Seward to Sir F. Bruce
Department of State, Washington, June 21, 1866.
Sir: I have the honor to invite your attention to the petition of Mrs. Sarah O’Malia, of Louisville, Kentucky, who states that her husband, Patrick O’Malia, a naturalized citizen of the United States, was carried away by the Fenians while on a spree and was subsequently captured near Fort Erie by the Canadian authorities. I presume he is now held in custody in Canada. Upon this assumption and the distress occasioned by the occurrence to his family, I am induced to commend the petition to your kind consideration, and its subject to the clemency of her Majesty’s authorities.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
The Hon. Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty
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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 of the Thirty.