John Bagley was the U.S. consul in Matanzas during Lopez’ first invasion in May, 1850 (Chaffin, Fatal Glory, 134) but Thomas M. Rodney is listed as the Matanzas U.S. consul from 1849-53 according to his letterbook at http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/filibusters.htm and http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU.html . Meanwhile, in the latter part of 1850, President Fillmore invited Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892) (a friend of the Skinners, see May 3, 1844 letter) to serve as U.S. Consul to Havana, but Kennedy declined. “Anthony Kennedy,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000103
