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We have the honor to be
Your Excellency's
Faithful and Obedient Servants
Anthy Fenn Kemp. Capt. N.S.W. Corps
Jn Brabyn Lieut. N.S.W. Corps
Willm Moore Lieut. N.S.W. Corps
Thomas Laycock Lieutenant
William Minchin Lieutenant
William Lawson Lieutenant
To
His Excellency
Governor Bligh
etc etc etc
Government House, Sydney
25th January 1808
Quarter past 2 O Clock
Gentlemen
In reply to your second Letter of this date, I require that you deliver to Mr Willm Gore, Provost Marshal, and Mr. Edmund Griffin, my Secretary, who accompanys him on the occasion, all the Papers that the Judge Advocate left on the Table, and which were refused to be sent to him by the Constable, and also those which the Prisoner John McArthur has read before you, that they may be delivered to the Judge Advocate His Majesty's legal Officer.
I am
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
(Signed) Wm Bligh
Addressed to
Captain Anthony Fenn Kemp
Lieutenant John Brabyn
Lieutenant William Moore
Lieutenant Thomas Laycock
Lieutenant William Minchin
Lieutenant William Lawson
of His Majesty's New South Wales Corps
At this time a Report was brought that Major Johnston was taken speechless, and Doctors Jamison and Harris were sent for out at his Country House.
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