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supercargo of the Gorman Brig
"Marie Louise" in the Sulu
archipelago in August 1873, and
This subsequent detention by the
Spanish Authorities
In
reply,
you are to request
will state to the Earl
Carnarvon that, in Lord Derby's
opinion, it is necessary, before
deciding
what
any
steps
should be taken in support
of our Hodgkins claim, - that
proof should be furnished of
his British nationality.
It appears from a despatch from the acting British Consul
at Manila, dated October 1873,
that Mr. Hodgkins in the first
instance applied for
an American
as a citizen
should