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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
| FL14365902[Page 101]
[Envelope addressed]
The Revd. Rowland Hassall,
Parramatta.
New South Wales
Favd by
Captn. Williams
[Letter]
Sydney 27 Jany
Sir
We the undersigned beg leave [of]
you our most greatfull than
your manly and honourable in[ten]-
tion to rescue us from an order
that threatened the destruction of
which men can hold Dear - We
heil you Sir as the Protect[or]
of our property liberty lives & [indecipherable]
In this moment of Joyful
exultation we must not however [be]
unmindfull of our future secu[rity]
with a view to the arrival in the [?]
of any officer [?] [superior to your
in Rank before his Majesties mos[t]
-our pleasure shall be known
the supercession of Gov Bligh - [?]
The liberty respectfully to repre?]
that we think that you ought
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