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board; I also consider I should degrade His Majesty's Ship which I have the Honor to Command at present, if I submitted to let a Merchant Ship lead her; more especially in the open ocean, as such, I have ever objected to the Sinclair's going ahead, but believe me Sir, this is not meant as any disrespect to you, on the contrary I have ever studied to attend to the Courses and Ports when you have made the Signal, which I ever mean to do; and when the Wind has headed us my attention has been to put this Ship on the Tack approaching nearest the Course you directed which every Officer in this Ship can testify.
But as Commander of this Convoy, I will never willingly submit to the Sinclair parting Company without sufficient reasons being given to me which can in my opinion justify me to their Lordships.
The Orders you allude to, at present appears to us in different Lights which I am extremely sorry for, but as my Situation