Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire To my regret I must today inform you that I shall be unable to be present at your wedding [with Emil Blank on 3 June 1845],
the reason being the difficulties I have encountered over a passport.
Last Wednesday I went to the Administration de la sûreté publique [police headquarters]
and demanded a passport for Prussia. After some waiting and a lengthy
discussion about my emigration and the fact that I could not obtain a
passport from the Prussian envoy, I was
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