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Sir,
British Consulate,
San Francisco, 10 Septr. 1853 .
I have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of your Despatch No. 17 dated 25th January last. Siner the receipt, I have been endeavouring to ascertain
the voyage of the
particulars respecting
Lorcha "Martha" in 1851, but have
hitherto been unsuccessful, - not one to
whom the
inquiry
has been addressed.
knowing anything whatever of the reeseb
August
prior to her arrival here in -1852 . Shortly after her entry into this Port, she was sold by Hiram B. Hedges
as
to a
Attorney for John Armstrong, Mr. Fricher and five other British
W. Caine, lege
Colonial Lecretary, Hongkong