Series 09.07: Letter received by Banks from Lord Sandwich, 23 September 1782 - No. 0003

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be glad to know what occurs to you about it.

If Captain Cooke had returned home I suppose that he would of course have had the whole, therefore his family seem to me entitled to at least two thirds, perhaps to 3. 4:ths, but who is to have the remainder whatever it shall be? Captain King is certainly the next claimant, but is there anyone else that has an equitable title to a share? Captain Gere came home first in command, but I really don't see that he has any merit with regard to the publication, nor do I believe that he thinks about it.

Will Mr Webber and Mr Roberts expect any part of it? as to Mr Anderson the surgeon, his executors had a gratuity for the use of his papers before I left the Admiralty, and Mr Dempster their