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Majesty's Governors. I cannot see why such Orders were issued unless, by sending the Gazette to England it would be expected to impress an idea on the minds of His Majesty's Ministers that such things really existed, but neither Counsellors nor Advocates were ever allowed to plead openly; the Settlers and Officers in general employed them to draw up their cases, and even Lieut. Colonel Foveaux, I am informed, has consulted them.
13th I shall conclude by observing, in addition to what I said in my dispatch of the 30th June (paragraphs 78 and 92) respecting my Letters to the Secretary of State being read in their Courts to elucidate my conduct and designs, as well as to inflame the minds of the People, that extracts are likewise taken and distributed, for some friend of Government has sent a Copy of a few of them, which I here inclose, and it appears were found with Simeon Lord.
I remain
My Dear Sir
Yours most faithfully
Wm Bligh