Mr. Eustis to Mr. Olney.
Waller having written the letter, I assumed that he certainly knew whom lie meant by D. and P. He states in his own deposition, sent with my No. 362, D. and P. were Purdy and Draper. The record shows that French officials believe that D. and P. were Dudert and Poupard. In his answer to interrogatories Waller denies this and says that he meant the two English miners who had cheated him. In his deposition he says the two men who had cheated him and to whom he had referred were Draper and Purdy. If I made a mistake in my inference I was misled by Waller’s sworn statement. Dupuy is not mentioned in the proceedings in the record. Dudert and Poupard are described as two honorable American merchants. The copy of the letter of Consul Wetter to which you refer has never been received by me, but in one he addressed to Waller, which is part of the record, he tells him that his bad action in regard to D. and P. can not but excite the Americans against him.