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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