hand
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reminded Gen1 that Mr. Keenan had embroiled himself by asserting pretensions which
were
not compatible with his position,
which had not been approved
by the Govt of the U.S., and that he had
been involved in a personal encounter with an American
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been left at the Sepy by me for a length of time in illustration of the latter incident. I then read to Genl a instruction no 21, remarking that I could not in the terms of the despatch make a strong representation against the reappointment of Mr. Keenan as that Gentleman had not been suspended or removed; but I thought myself justified in saying that, in the
citizen at the French Consulate, I had been fined by a Colonial magistrate for an assault & that documents had