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British Consulate
Boston, June 21st 1853

Sir,

I briefly acknowledged by telegraph on the 14th inst: the receipt of your telegraphic despatch of the day previous relating to the charges brought against the master of the Sch.r "Juvenile" of Plymouth in this State. The depositions referred to in your despatch have not yet reached me but in the meantime, acting under the advice of the Hon. G.S. Hillard, a United States
Commissioner

[address at lower left]
Hon.ble Joseph Howe
&c &c &c
Halifax