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thousand dollars, and her cargo having actually cost, including the duties, (at the port of its purchase and lading,) the sum of seven thousand seven hundred dollars. And your memorialist, as in duty bound, will ever pray. JOSEPH MERIC. W e certify that we have been long acquainted with the memorialist Joseph Meric, who has always sustained the highest character for honesty and integrity, and whose representations we believe entitled to entire cre dence. N . H . Olmstead, Dep. Coll'r. Jos. S. Pilot, Naval Officer. A . H u n t e r , Surveyor Revenue. J. P . H e n r y , Navy Agent. C. H . H a y d e n . F . Gillet. U. A . Bourgauz. E . Williams. Calvin Baker. Charles Maury. Robert Scott. Jos. Cumming. W. B . Bullock. W m . Easton. E . Harris. M. M y e r s . M. H e r b e r t . A. Dufaure. T h o s . N . Morel. John P . Gandy. William Taylor.
John Lewis. Ab'm Nichols. Joseph Davis. T . M . Stone. J . Marshall. J o s . Habersham. Rich. W . H a b e r s h a m . J. H u n t e r . R. Y. Williams. John Miller. M.W.Stewart. G. Breitsmayer. Donald Macleod. Worthington Gale. Geo. Schley. Levi S. D . Lyon. E l e a z . Early. J n o . P . Williamson. John Cumming. George Glen.
W e , the undersigned, do hereby certify that we are perfectly acquaint ed with the character of the memorialist, “ Joseph M e r i c , " and believe him to be very worthy the protection of the Government. PAUL P. THOMASON, Vice Consul of France. JOSEPH AUZE, Vice Consul of his Majesty the King of Sardinia. P E T I T DE VILLERS, Vice Consul of Russia. SAMUEL CLARK, Acting Vice Consul of Spain. FRANCIS SORREL, Vice Consul of H. M. F. Majesty. GEORGIA, C I T Y OF SAVANNAH :
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Meric ; that his character is that of an honest and industrious man ; that he has r e -