Sir

I am requested by Mr. Thrasher to ask and insist upon having a copy of the order of Your Excellency relative to the publication of the paper called Faro Industrial. It was issued, he thinks, between the 1st & 10th of Sept’r 1850.

                                                                                                                               Awaiting Your Excellency’s reply
                                                                                                                               I have the honor to be
                                                                                                                               Your Excellency’s
                                                                                                                               Ob’t Serv’t
                                                                                                                               (signed) A. F. Owen

His Excellency
Sr. D. Jose de la Concha
Gov. & Capt. Gen’l
of the island of Cuba