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Hulsemann letter, the. During the Hungarian revolution President Taylor sent an agent to Hungary for the purpose of obtaining official information. The agent's report was not received until after the revolution had been crushed, but the Austrian charge at Washington, D. C., Mr. Hulsemann, in a highly offensive letter, complaMr. Hulsemann, in a highly offensive letter, complained of the action of the United States government in sending this representative. Daniel Webster, in his reply, Dec. 21, 1850, administered a very sharp rebuke, claiming the rights of the United States to recognize any de facto revolutionary government and to seek information in all proper ways in order to guide its action. The ly, Dec. 21, 1850, administered a very sharp rebuke, claiming the rights of the United States to recognize any de facto revolutionary government and to seek information in all proper ways in order to guide its action. The intense enthusiasm with which Kossuth was greeted in the United States led Mr. Hulsemann to return to Austria.