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"and such frequent applications would be almost impossible for any man to withhold.

Mr. John McArthur and Garnham Blaxcell the two Gentlemen that pretended to adhere at my Trial so strictly to the Rules and Regulations of this Colony and the private instructions from the Secretary of State to His Excellency Governor Bligh, has forgot I presume that they were ready in Governor Bligh's time to take and smuggle from Captain Corry [Corey] of the American Brig Eliza now here, all his spirits at twenty shillings a gallon, which Captain Corry [Corey] informed me was the case.

(Signed) Rob Campbell

Sydney 31st March 1808

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