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any arreal that he
promised to forward might see fit to mate to your
brace, but when I so momised, I
candidly confess
that I did not
anticipate a Communication of the nature now submitted; I
succeed
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cxrected a simple arreal against decision that he had is right "to incered to the office officuetary during the temporary absence of Offieer and if MI Almade e Castro had confined himself to that question, I should have forwarded it, as the well knows -
that Offi
my letter to his addres
from my
the 16th August last.
of
Mrģ'Almada e Castro seems
в
to wish
your Endship to
intship to infer that
it was in consequence of comething
that
passed between int Mercer
decline
Me
to
and myself which induced
forwarding his communication Grace, this I can assure
to
your
your brace is not
brace is not the case.
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certainly as already stated, did on
first casting my eye over the communication promise to forward? it, but on a more careful perusal. of its contents it appeared to me, that the spirit of the communication
altogether objectionable, and couched in language urt umally aborted in official correspondence by a subordinate Officer when speaking
was