Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams
No. 2058.]
Department of State, Washington,
September 24, 1867.
Sir: I transmit a copy of a letter of
yesterday, addressed to this department by Henry Liebenau, esq., of New
York, and of the affidavit of the parents of Colonel W. J. Nagle, in
which they swear that he was born in Niagara county, in the State of New
York. Mr. D. M. Nagle, the father of the colonel, has also addressed a
letter to the department, stating that his four sons, of whom the
colonel was one, all joined the Union army during the late civil war,
and fought with gallantry in many battles. Two of the sons were killed
or died in the service. These facts will be an incentive, if any were
needed, for all proper exertions on your part for the purpose of
obtaining the release of Colonel Nagle.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Frangis Adams, Esq, &c., &c., &c.
Mr Liebenau to Mr. Seward
No. 4 Hamilton Place, West
51st Street,
New York,
September 23, 1867.
Honored Sir: I enclose with this the
affidavit of Mr. and Mrs. Nagle, the parents of Colonel William J.
Nagle, showing him to be a native of this State, and hope by the
next mail to be able to place in your hands the naturalization
papers of Colonel Warren; he was naturalized, as I now learn, in
Boston, whither I have sent for the properly authenticated
papers.
I greatly regret that, from an error in representation, I should have
created a discrepancy in regard to the nativity of Colonel Warren,
and I can assure you, like myself, the organization I represent will
continue as earnest in their efforts to release our adopted citizens
as they have been for the liberation of our native citizens, when
unjustly arrested and held by any of the despotic governments of
Europe.
Thanking you heartily and sincerely for the prompt attention and
earnest action given to this matter by his Excellency the President
and your honorable self, please accept my sincere regards, with the
assurance of a faithful report to the “Constitutional Union
Association” at their next meeting of the alacrity with which their
communications have been responded to by the President and
yourself.
With the highest respect, permit me to subscribe myself your very
obedient and humble Servant,
HENRY LIEBENAU, Corresponding Secretary
Constitutional Union Association.
Hon. William H. Seward,
Secretary of State, U. S. A.
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City and county of New York, ss:
David M. Nagle and his wife, Maria D. Nagle, of the city of Brooklyn,
county of Kings, State of New York, being duly sworn, depose and say
that their son, Colonel William J. Nagle, now a prisoner in
Kilmainham jail, Dublin, Ireland, under the assumption of being
connected with the Fenian organization, was born in Niagara county,
State of New York.
D. M. NAGLE.
MARIA D. NAGLE.
Sworn before me this 18th day of
September, A. D. 1867.
[seal.] JACOB E. HOWARD, Notary Public.
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State of New York, City and County of New York,
ss:
I, William C. Conner, clerk of the city and county of New York, and
also clerk of the supreme court for the said city and county, being
a court of record, do hereby certify that Jacob E. Howard, before
whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking
the same, a notary public of New York, dwelling in said city and
county, duly appointed and sworn, and authorized to administer oaths
to be used in any court in said State, and for general purposes; and
that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the said court and county, the 18th day of
September, 1867.
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WILLIAM C. CONNER, Clerk.
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Her Britannic Majesty’s Consulate, New York:
I, Edward Mortimer Archibald, esquire, companion of the most
honorable order of the Bath, her Britannic Majesty’s consul, do
hereby certify that Jacob E. Howard, esquire, whose true signature
and seal are respectively subscribed and affixed to the certificate
hereunto annexed, was, on the day of the date thereof, a notary
public in and for the State of New York, duly commissioned and
sworn, to whose official acts faith and credit are due.
In witness whereof I do hereunto set my
hand and seal of office, at the city of New
York, this 21st day of September, in the year of
our Lord 1867.
[seal.] E. M. ARCHIBALD, H. B. M. Consul.
Petition of the general committee of the
Constitutional Union Association.
AMERICAN PROTECTION ABROAD—AMERICA AND IRELAND.
At a meeting of the Constitutional Union Association, held on Monday
evening, July 15, 1867, to effect the release of Americans unjustly
imprisoned abroad, the following resolution, among others presented
by Henry Liebenau, was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That a petition be prepared and
circulated under the patronage of our organization, for the
signatures of our fellow citizens, in behalf of the immediate
liberation of Colonel Nagle and Colonel Warren.
DANIEL B. NORTHRUP, President.
Henry S. Bancker,
Henry Leibenau, Secretaries.
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To Andrew Johnson, President of the united States:
The undersigned, citizens of the city and county of New York and
Brooklyn, respectfully represent that Colonel William J. Nagle, a
native of this State, and Colonel J. Warren, a native of
Massachusetts, good and loyal citizens of our republic, and gallant
soldiers of the Union army during our late rebellion, are most
inhumanly and unjustifiably imprisoned in Kilmainham prison, at
Dublin, Ireland; that they were arrested while on a visit to their
relatives, without the slightest overt act on their part to justify
or palliate such cruelty and
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oppression, and in gross violation of all international laws and
the comity of nations. We therefore respectfully, yet urgently, ask
the immediate interposition of our government for their speedy
release.
P. S.—When signed, please forward to Daniel B. Northrup, No. 140
Water street, to O. Sloan Holden, No. 645 Seventh avenue, or to
Wm. W. Lyons, No. 150 Lewis street.
DANIEL B. NORTHRUP,
149 East Fifty-second street.
President.
EDWIN H. JUSON,
290 West Fifty-first street,
Vice-President.
CYRUS SCHOONMAKER,
352 East Fourth street,
Vice-President.
HENRY S. BANCKER
6 Grand street, Chief Recording
Secretary.
WILLIAM ABBOTT,
62 Pike street, Assistant
Recording Secretary.
HENRY LEIBENAU
Hamilton Place, West Fifty-first street,
Corresponding Secretary.
G. C.NEWMAN,
Harlem, Treasurer.
O. SLOAN HOLDEN,
645 Seventh avenue, Chairman
Executive Committee.
WILLIAM W. LYON,
150 Lewis street, Secretary
Executive Committee.
J. M. NAMARA,
230 Delancey,
Sergeant-at-arms.
And 109 others.
