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M44

Box III

Folder 15

13 February [18]62. Horatio N. Hughes, 13 Hargreaves Buildings, Chapel S[tree]t, Liverpool, [Eng.], to Rutson Maury, [Liverpool, Eng.].

Mary Family Papers

1 . Cy of LS [Cy by Rutson Maury.]

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13 Hargreaves Buildings

Chapel St

Rutson Maury Esq Liverpool 13 February '62

Dear Sir

I expected before this to have received back from you the letter from Matthew Fontaine which you borrowed, & that you would have informed we what action, if any, you had taken upon it; for I fully understood that you would use that letter for the benefit of the writer only.

I am the man "\anxious - I think the word is\" on this point, as I bear in mind an observation of yours, in which I do not concur, to the effect - "that as, or if, M. F. intended to join the South, he was better in prison" - Now I do not think we are at liberty to do evil that good may come of it.

There is also another reason why I should wish that letter to be used with great discretion: & that is, that it might be considered a cause of difference, amongst others, that the English Consul should have given such a pass or permit by the English & American Governments: & if it has escaped observation, I should not like, unless to serve my Nephew, to be obliged to produce it for his justification

truly yours

(signed) Horatio N. Hughes.

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13 Hargreaves Buildings

Chapel St.

Liverpool 20 February '62

[?] Maury Brothers

New York

Dear Sirs

If you think that the expenses to have the release of their 2 Nephews with cost not more than Five hundred dollars. I will pay one half of the said $500 -

truly yours

(signed) Horatio N. Hughes