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No 40 Cornhill 22. Feby. 1802
Dear Sir
After a tedious residence in London since my return from New South Wales of near Nine Months, in which whenever admitted to an Audience of those under whose discretion the concerns of that remote Settlement has been plac'd, I have endeavoured to offer such Suggestions as I trusted might prove of advantage to that promissing (altho' of late unfortunate) Colony, and have notwithstanding the unmerited treatment I have expererienc'd, Signify'd my readiness to undertake any Voyage or Service which could be performed by any of His Majesty's Ships for its advancement.
Yet Sir in my endeavour to obtain some Consideration from the Crown for my future Subsistence after so long & fatiguing a duty as both formerly and latterly fell to my lot on the Service of that Territory, I find myself shut out from such Consideration by the Duke of Portland's last letter Commanding my return - had that Letter been the Effect of any appearance of indifference on my part to the real interest of the Colony, or any iniquitous Conduct or Malpractices in the Administration of the Government; I should most probably have been inclind to shrink from that investigation I so earnestly on my return Solicited - But Sir under the neglect and want of
Sir Joseph Banks