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[Envelope addressed]

The Revd. Rowland Hassall,
Parramatta.
New South Wales

Favd by
Captn. Williams

[Letter]

Sydney 27 Jany 1808

Sir

We the under signed beg leave to offer
you our most greatfull thanks for
your manly and honourable interposi-
tion to rescue us from an order of things
that threatened the destruction of all
which men can hold Dear -  We
heil you  Sir as the Protector of
of our property liberty lives & reputation.

In this moment of Joyful
exultation we must not however be
unmindfull of our future security &
with a view to the arrival in this Colony
of any officer superior to yourself in
Rank before his Majesties most graci-
-ous pleasure shall be known respecting
the supercession of Gov Bligh  -  we take
The liberty respectfully to represent
that we think that you ought (before
you resign the command) to stipulate
that that officer shall confirm the
measurers you have wisely adopted

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