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mentioned Government Documents, and,
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mentioned Government Documents, and,
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Without any
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any further commen Sir Henry Pottinger then sent a written order to the Chief Magistrate to stop the
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farther progress of the buildings; and
that as Sir Henry Pottinger
intimate to me
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subject the fullest consideration, he
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