Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume I

Mr. Davis, Acting Secretary of State, to Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney.

Department of State,
[89] *Washington, July 2, 1869.

Sir: I am directed by the President to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 1st instant, relative to the disposition to be made of G. H. Norris, William Seisdorf, J. F. Clancey, Ralph Harmon, and F. W. Conant.

The President does not deem it advisable immediately to release the prisoners, without substantial bail. But he would like your opinion upon the propriety of releasing them on their own recognizance as soon as matters have quieted a little.

I am, sir, &c.,

J. C. B. DAVIS,
Acting Secretary.

Edwards Pierrepont, Esq.,
United States Attorney, New York.