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have an anxious hope that his wa'ongs may be redressed by his gov- 

 ernment. This is the sum of the concern I have in anywise in the 

 claim ; but, if I know myself, it has not caused me to swerve from the 

 truth in the foregoing answers, which, after reflection and care, I have 

 caused to be written and printed, and to the correctness of which I now 

 attest. I will name here the following persons who were with me at 

 the isle, and whose names I can now recollect ; there were others whose 

 names I cannot remember. The testimony of all will, I am satisfied, 

 sustain the truth of my answers: William P. Gibbs, my brother, who 

 was my assistant, William James G-ibbs, FredericJi Scott, Kartin 

 Austin, Adolph Eitchart, Charles Sullivan, Richard Thornell, John 

 McCabe, Alfred H. Morgan, Joseph Herbert, John Sweeny, Robert 

 Williamson, G-eorge Humphrey, T. H. Whitney, Frederick Kager, 

 William Kalback, Britton J. Hopper, James Smith, Philip Knight, 

 Henry Baker, Charles Knapp, John Carr, Henry Troutman, Gerard 

 Ferrell, George Scotter, William Parker, Charles Johnson, Frederick 

 Taylor, James Johnson, besides the crews of the vessels there. I be- 

 lieve these names are given correctly^ but I am not certain. 



NATHAN P. GIBBS. 



Subscribed and sworn before me, and I certify that the foregoing 

 interrogatories and answers were read to the above named deponent in 

 my presence, this 12th day of April, A. D. 1856. 



JOSEPH C. LAWRENCE, 

 Notary PuUic, 67 Wall street, New York. 



Mr. Marcy to Mr. Sanford. 



Department of State, 



Washington, April Vl, 1856. 



Sir : Your letter of the 14th instant, with its inclosures, has been 

 received. One of the printed copies of Captain Gibbs's testimony will 

 be transmitted to Mr. Fames. 



On the 24th ultimo the department addressed a letter to you at New 

 York, which contained information supposed to be of interest to the 

 claimants whom you represent. As no acknowledgment of its receipt 

 has reached the department, it is presumed the original failed of its 

 destination. Should this supposition be correct, a duplicate will, at 

 your request, be transmitted to you. 



I am, &c., 



W. L. MARCY. 

 Henry S. Sanford, Esq., 



Derby, Connecticut. 



