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6.
I have
perrised the last paragraph
but one in the last mentioned letter and
I have also carefully perused all the
abovementioned documents and in
my opinion there is not
is not a word in either of them which can justify Mr. Murrow
in making the statement contained in
the abovementioned letter, and that if all
of
them
were Communicated to My
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the execution of documents of a formal nature and it would be according to the
Ordinary
put
routine
of
business that he should
his na
name to the papers without Consideration
of the effect of their contents..
I have ton
(Signed) John Smale,
Attorney General.
the above copy of
P.D. Since
writing
a
Murrow
it could in no
way
assist him
letter and the translation
of
Setter have
in substantiating his assertion.
ل
may add that trive it is that
Mr. Mercer's name appears upon some
of
the documents, but it is only in
a ministerial character as having
registered
or as
having
declarations as to or as
received.
having altested
been submilled to me.
The letter being from Hei's Excellency Sir John Bowring dated the 8th of April 1857 N 358 addressed to His Excellency. Governor Guimaraes. The translation being No 13 dated the 10th of April 1857 the reply of His Excellency Gournor Geumarmes.