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Trusting that you may have a safe and happy passage home, and that you may live forever in the
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am under great indebtedness to the constructors of
enjoyment of every blessing - remain, dear Admiral Seymour, Your most obedient and very humble Servant,
to
SILAS E BURROWS.
H. M. Ship Calcutta, Hosukosu, 18th March, 1859
DEAR MR. Burrows,—I have had the gratification
SHAS E BURROWS.
To the Honorable CHARLES B. ELLIOTT,
Commander of H. R. M. Frigate Sybille.
VICTORIA, HONGKONG, March 22d, 1857.
MY DEAR SIR, Will you be pleased to permit me as a citizen of the United States, now residing at Hongkong, to express my thankful acknowledgements, for the protection extended to the citizens of the United States and to the American shipping at Whampoa and on the river, during the present war, when, had not the protection from your Frigate been afforded, the loss of life and property would have been great.
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seas, and I beg to assure you that in terminating my Naval command in these waters, I highly esteem your kind notice and favourable appreciation of my services.
Your honored and praiseworthy exertions for the welfare of your fellow men are involved, and better and more universally known than I can describe them, and in expressing my admiration of your personal sacrifices and manly efforts in the cause of humanity, I desire to add, my acknowledgements, for the generous and friendly attentions I have ever received at your hands.
I was honored on receiving your letter of yesterday's date, and was pleased to present you, through the hands of Admiral Seymour, with a silver pitcher and cup as a remembrance and token of my grateful feelings towards yourself, and the Officers of your Frigate.
I acknowledge, with thanks, the compliment you paid me in considering the manner in which I have fulfilled the varied duties of my command.
When you received orders from Admiral Seymour to leave Whampoa, the kind manner in which all on board your Frigate received the notice of your intended departure, with the assurance that you would protect all, and convoy them to Hongkong, merits, and I earnestly trust that your infirmities and health may be relieved and your valuable life long preserved in the enjoyment of every blessing.
Be pleased to permit me to add that such acts tend to bind together two powerful nations, the Parent and the Child, who I trust will ever feel towards each other as you and your officers did, when you gave shelter and protection to the Americans at Whampoa, on board your Frigate and convoyed them all in safety to the harbour of Hongkong.
May you long live to enjoy the harvest of the heart which such feelings as have actuated you must yield to
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M. SEYMOUR.
To Shy. F. Burrows Esq.
Hongkong
ing faithful, &c.