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Dr. William B. O'Shougnessy, Assay Master of the 

 Calcutta Mint, wrote : 



" I most strongly support everything Major Bracken 

 writes. Mr. Bonynge is a most deserving man, and if 

 you can help him, you could not aid one more worthy 

 of it" 



G. F. Edmonstone, Esq., Governor Cis Sutledge 

 Territories, wrote, in complying with a request of mine : 



" I do so the more readily, knowing you are an honora- 

 ble man, and the victim of official displeasure." 



Dr. George Lamb, Physician General of India, wrote : 

 " Government owes you something for your losses in 

 the Singphoo country, where you were sacrificed." 



The following letter is from a merchant of Liverpool, 

 Mr. Daniel Willis, to Edmond Molyneux, Esq., British 

 Consul, Savannah : 

 DEAR SIR, 



The object of this letter is to present to you the bearer, 

 Mr. Frank Bonynge, a young gentleman for whom I feel 

 a peculiar interest, and in whose behalf I am proposing 

 to solicit your friendly attention. My acquaintance with 

 this gentleman has not been of long standing, and I there- 

 fore consider it right to give you a brief outline of his 

 history, and the object of his present journey to America, 

 in the pursuit of which he may, probably, have to ask 

 your advice. 



Mr. Bonynge went out to India some years ago, and 

 after spending some time in the manufacturing of indigo, 

 proceeded to Assam, under the recommendation of the 

 Kaa India Company's authorities in that quarter, to 



