and the prosecution
which
was Commenced
against him in the
Supreme Court but afterwards dropped
on such slight, and so lame as at present informed insufficient grounds, appear to
me so unsatisfactory, that I must request You will also institute a most
Searching enquiry into the whole case
and
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and report to me distinctly whether
or not you find any reason to believe that this Gentleman
has been made the subject of persecution for having in the Course of his duty disclosed facts calculated to give
an
unfavorable impression of the Conduct of other and more influential
Officials