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Some have cleaned Sir John Hay's name from an imputation, which cannot be safe to have done by simply rubbing it over without enquiry; and in taking that course neither his interests, nor I may presume his wishes, will appear to have been sufficiently considered.
You will inform H.F. Gibbons, 2, Eaton Gardens, Ealing, W.
Sir,
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W. Braunston, May. In reply to your letter of the
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28th ulto stating that the copy in the Colonial Mail returned with your letter is incorrect in material particulars, & therefore
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That you cannot admit as being a correct statement of what was said by you on
the occasion referred to, I am directed to transmit to you a copy of the Colonial Secretary's letter of the 22nd October 1880, expressing nothing that reply was substantially accurate, and your reply of the 23rd October
I am Sir John Hay of the fourteenth, which dispatch, & I find it rumoured if you are to challenge to apply to him for assistance in sifting the questions on which you have remarked, I feel sure that it will be readily afforded.
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