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of April. Governor Phillips received us with every marks of Tenderness & has us all at his house to live. It was Judged absolutely necessary to send the supply [ship] to Batavia in order to bring a Ship with provisions & the Colony is very short the allowance, being only two Pounds & a half of Flour a week, two Pounds of Pork, one Pint of Pease & one Pint of Rice. God send the Fleet in soon.
John Wm. Harris
To S..W. Clayton [Esq?] Peckham Surrey
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