Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress

Sir F. Bruce to Mr. Seward

Washington, May 27, 1867.

My dear Mr. Seward: I have just heard by telegraph from Lord Stanley that the capital sentences on Burke and McCafferty have been commuted to imprisonment for life.

Yours faithfully,

FREDERICK WRIGHT BRUCE.

Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.

[Telegram per cable.]

Sir F. Bruce to Lord Stanley

Seward, in name of President, earnestly recommends no execution in Fenian cases.

BRUCE.