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and do myself the honor to forward the Statements
of Mrs. Frazer and Mr Baxter the second Mate.
The general conduct and manner of three individuals
Robert Darge, Henry Youldron, and Robert Dayman since their arrival
has been disrespectful and bad, and an apparent unwillingness
on the parts of the two first to give any information regarding
Capt. Frazer or his lady. I beg to state they arrived here long
previous to Mrs. Frazer and regret to say they enjoyed every
kindness and hospitality, but on hearing her statement I
immediately dislodged them from our quarters, appointed them a
Single room in the barracks and providing them with the
ration No 5 which I consider is much more than their
past conduct merits.
I feel greatly indebted to Lieut. Otter for his
exertions and willingness in taking charge of the expedition;
the generosity and kindness of this gentleman left him
without a change of clothes, on this occasion he must
have gratifying feelings having acted as a liberal and
kind friend to the most unfortunate.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient servant.
Foster Fyans
Captn 4th Regt
Commdt
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Line 24 - unable to read signature
Line 25 - Capt. 4th ?
Line 26 - unable to read
Foster Fyans
Captn 4th Regt
Commdt
Have updated on your behalf
Thanks Greenaway. I updated Fraser to Frazer (to me it appears to be a z in the text).
Great - I didn't review the whole letter, was just responding to your query. Someone will review it at some point. I was just familiar with Foster Fyans' sign off. He has terrible handwriting and clearly had someone else scribe this letter for him. Thank goodness!
Only one tricky word left now.
first? - on the parts of the two first?
Yes, that's awful handwriting. I'm happy you were familiar with his signature. He's probably a doctor in this life hahaha.
That tricky word has stumped me. The first letter looks like an "f" and the last letter a "k" but I'm fairly certain its not the obvious f-word. I thought maybe 'folk' but the second letter isn't a closed "o".
Isn't it terrible - that was my initial interpretation - the f-word. But I am thinking "first". As in the two first people he mentioned of the three
Now that I look at some of the other words ending in "t", 'first' makes sense to me too.