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spirited and manly conduct on the same day. That an Address of thanks might also be presented by the Inhabitants of the Town of Sydney to Jno McArthur Esqre as having been cheifly [chiefly] instrumental in bringing about the happy changes which took place on that day; and likewise that a Delegate might be appointed to be sent to England, to state to His Majestys Ministers those grievances that Inhabitants of this Colony laboured under during the administration of Governor Bligh, and to pray redress.
96 - They then asked who should be appointed; some insignificant Person said John McArthur, and he was accordingly sent for. He immediately came, and in very suited language described what he called the injuries which he had received from His Excellency Governor Bligh, and the Bench of Magistrates; telling the People, that they then beheld a Man who had nearly fallen a Victim to a Band of Bloody minded, and Blood thirsty wretches, Villians who wanted to drink his Blood, and farther using the most scurrilous language against the Governor and Bench of Magistrates; comparing
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