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111th - Among the Acts of these Persons some things seem to have been carried out with peculiar act and design; their having deprived me, and continuing to keep possession of all my Books and papers, put me in a situation in which I have nothing but my memory to assist me; and as they have the Commissary's papers also in their possession, they can make any representation they please without any present means in Mr Palmers power of proving their falsehoods. I have been led to this conclusion by a Friend procuring a copy of an Affidavit, which, it is said is transmitted to the Secry [Secretary] of State the falsehood and meanness of this document is manifest; it appears to be made by Mr Fitz Deputy Commissary, a creature of McArthurs, and one of the Rebellious Party it asserts "that Governor Bligh received from the Bonded Stores one Pipe of Port Wine for his own private use; and that he (Governor Bligh) ordered a quantity of Wine to be purchased from Mr Campbell at the rate of three pounds pr. [per] dozen, for the use of the General Hospital, which wine was appropriated to his (Governor Bligh's) own use! The Commissary's account will show that before my
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