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of the Colony forbade the discharge of the man unless he would furnish the security of a
licensed Boarding
master that the man
would not become a charge.
During
the time the
Consulate, he
was
On
the Colony. was at the
man was
perfcatly quiet and
did not speak a word, or do anything indicating insanity. No one would have suspected it from his conduct here: Captain Spalding after I had informed him
what it was
was nee
necessary
for
him to do,
before he could procure his discharge, left the Consulate in company with the : seaman . The next day he returned with the seaman and a licensed Boarding
Master: the man was
discharged in
my presence, the amount of wages due
him being paid directly to the Boarding behaved quietly as he
Master. The
Mar2-
saying
had done on the day before, neither or doing anything to create a suspicion that his mind was disordered. I think the frot that the Boarding
Master took him is proof conclusive of that fact. J
have
never seen the man since he left the Consulate with the Boarding Master. There is no law of the
law of the United States that
to give
authorizes me
he is not
him
any relief,
as
an American Citizen, and
since he
Mas
discharged is no
longer
AFL
American Seaman. It seems to
that
one
your remedy is against the Boarding eMaster who became security for him
as the condition of his discharge. If this