Lord Stanley to Mr. Adams
Foreign Office,
December 31, 1866.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th instant, relative to the case of Mr. J. W. Menard, who claims to be a citizen of the United States, and who is stated to have received illegal treatment at the hands of the authorities of Jamaica towards the end of 1865; and I have to inform you that I have lost no time in requesting her Majesty’s secretary of state for the colonies to cause an inquiry to be made into this matter.
I have, &c., &c., &c.
STANLEY.
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.