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His Majesty's Ship, besides positive demands to the Rebel chief to give her up to me, shewing that ruin must fall on those on board of her, if it is not complied with.
In restoring this colony to a state of great comfort and improvement, as well as happiness to all the good people in it, and supporting the civil government, I have been rebelliously deprived of my authority in a cowardly and dastardly manner. I have defended it at the risk of my life, and I will if possible return home, with the ship I command, that my representations may give it security, and prevent it becoming a nest of Bucaniers.
The oppressions which the industrious settlers have undergone are beyond description, and a disturbing character, one John McArthur, who has made himself