Coby
Sir
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Hongkong, Any 12.1859.
I have the honor to state to J. E. That in the month of January 1856, the New Granadian Govt requested the Govr of Hongkong to consent to the nomination of Mr. Silas E. Burrows, a citizen of the United States, as Consul in Hongkong for the Republic
Sir John Bowring consented
to this proposal, pending the Application which should in due course be made through the
Representative of New Granada H.E. Don Ezra I.A. Pardo
in