File 3374. - A packet of sixteen papers, labelled "Letters relating to my detention and escape from the Old Capitol Prison at Washington ...,

A packet of sixteen papers, labelled "Letters relating to my detention and escape from the Old Capitol Prison at Washington, 1863, Jan 27th". This note is in the autograph of General Edward Wynne of Coed Coch, who, when a captain in the Grenadier Guards and stationed in Canada during the American Civil War, obtained leave to visit the scene of operations as a spectator; he was arrested as a spy, but succeeded in escaping and returning to his regiment. The documents include: (a) An account, in General Wynne's autograph, of his capture, detention, and escape. (b) A typewritten copy of the above, with a further note by Mrs Brodrick. (c) Various letters and copies of letters in connection with the affair, including autograph letters of E. B. Malet, afterwards Sir Edward Malet, KCB, who was then a youthful member of Lord Lyons's staff at the British Embassy in Washington. (d) Extract from an American newspaper; relating to Wynne's escape. (e) "Sales a/c goods sold by order & for a/c of Lt. Col. E. Wynne, G.G.", and other accounts. (f) A printed booklet of 20 pages, entitled Letters from a Maryland Mail Bag. The so-called letters are in the form of verses relating to various aspects of the American Civil War.