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imputed to themselves alone, and they must also pay the losses which 

 the aggrieved foreigners, in these circumstances, shall have a right to 

 reclaim. 



(Signed) C. Laplace, 

 Captain of the French frigate l'Artemise. 

 The 10th July (9th according to date here), 1839. 



II. 



THE UNITED STATES CONSUL TO THE KING. 



U. S. Consulate, Sandwich Islands, 



October 26th, 1839. 

 To His Majesty, Kamehameha III., 



King of the Sandwich Islands. 

 As the opinion seems to be to some extent entertained, that Ame- 

 rican citizens residing in the Sandwich Islands as missionaries, under 

 the patronage of an incorporated institution of the United States, have 

 exerted a controlling influence upon the framers of the laws of this 

 country, I have very respectfully to inquire, if they have ever had any 

 voice in the passage of laws affecting the interests of other foreigners, 

 and particularly, whether they have ever had any thing to do in the 

 measures adopted by your government for the prevention of the intro- 

 duction of the Catholic religion into the country. And whether in the 

 treatment which has been shown to any subject of the government of 

 France, they have directly or indirectly recommended the course pur- 

 sued by your government, and also whether in the attempts made 

 under your authority to suppress the public exercise of the Roman 

 Catholic religion on the part of your own subjects, they have coun- 

 tenanced those attempts. If they have in any of these respects con- 

 trolled the action of your government, will you be pleased to inform 

 me very explicitly in what manner and to what extent. An early 

 reply will be a favour. 



With the highest consideration, 

 I have the honour to be 



Your Majesty's most obedient servant, 

 P. A. Brinsmade, 



U. S. Commercial Agent. 



