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1 Duncan H. Hennen versus P. K. Lawrence: Petition of Duncan H. Hennen 1839

handle is hein.trials/henlawr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 25th CONGRESS, Doc. No. 63. Ho. or RR . 3d Session. DUNCAN H. HENNEN versus P. K. LAWRENCE. PETITION OF DUNCAN H. HENNEN, PRAYING .dn I, quiry whether the lon. P. K. Lawrence, Judge of the Dis/ric Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, has not been guilty of dangerous abuies of power. JANUARY 8, 1839. Referred to a select committee, to consist of seven members. To the honorable the House of Representatives of the United States of ,dmerica: The petition of Duncan N. Hennen, a citizen of the State of Louisiana, RESPECTFULLY SHOWS: That your petitioner was duly appointed, on the 21st day of February, 18.34, clerk of the district court of the United States, for the eastern dis- trict of Louisiana, by the Hon. Samuel H. Harper, then judge of said court; and having accepted the said office, given the bond, and taken the oath, as required by law, entered upon, and continued uninterruptedly in the dis- charge of the duties of the said office until the 18th day of May, 183S, when your petitioner received the following official letter or notice from the honorable P. K. Lawrence, appointed in September, 1837, on the decease of the said Judge Harper, to be judge of the said court; the original of which lettex is no.-r in your petitioner's possession, ready to be produced when and where your honorable body may appoint. NEW ORLEANS, M/1ay 18, 1838. DEAa Sir,: The object of this communication is to apprize you of your' removal from the office of clerk of the United States district court for the eastern district of Louisiana, and of the appointment of Mr. John Win- throp in your place. In taking this step, I desire to be understood as neither prompted by any unfriendly disposition towards you personally, nor wishing to cast the slightest shade of censure on your official con- duct. On the contrary, whether it will afford you any gratification to be thus assured or not, I avail myself of the occasion to declare to you that my most ardent wishes respecting you are for your entire success and prosperity through Jife, I consider it due to myself to have made this declaration, and a sense of justice to you demands that I should do what lies in my power to repel any unfavorable influence that might be drawn Thomas Allen, print.

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