Consulate of the United States
                                                                                                                                                                                                Havana Nov’r 23rd 1851

Sir.

I have received from Mr. J. S. Thrasher, a communication in writing, which bears date the 22nd Inst. in which he uses the following language.

“Will you make interest with the Captain General to have my sentence commuted to banishment from the country?”

As the Consul of the United States for Havana, within whose Consular jurisdiction Mr. Thrasher is, I respectfully solicit from Your Excellency the commutation of the sentence mentioned by Mr. Thrasher, and which I have quoted above.

By sending Mr. Thrasher from the country, it will put it out of his power (even if he desired such a thing) to intermeddle with the affairs of Cuba, and I trust it will meet Your Excellency’s views to accede to this request.  If however, it should not, I desire to request that Your Excellency will give directions for a continuance fo the kindness which has been shown to Mr. Thrasher since his arrest, imprisonment, and trial - & which I assure Your Excellency, is acknowledged and appreciated by Mr. Thrasher and his friends.

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

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