Letters and Orders', being copy of a letter received by Lord Castlereagh, Secretary of State, from William Bligh, 15 March 1806 (Series 40.014) - No. 0001

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Lady Sinclair at Sea
Latde. 11° 13' N. Longde. 74.00 W

March 15th 1806

My Lord

                   I have the honor to inform your Lordship I am thus far on my Voyage to fulfill the Mission His Majesty has entrusted to my care; but I regret to say that Captain Short holding the Command of the Porpoise, while I am in this Ship, has pursued such an irritating vexatious and insulting conduct to me as Governor and his superior Officer in Naval Rank, that  I shall so soon as I can draw up the documents send them to your Lordship; and beseech you to remove him from under my Command.

                  The whole should have appeared before your Lordship by this conveyance but the Ship called the Justine taking her departure suddenly for St. Helena and myself suffering bad effects from the hot Weather I am deprived of accomplishing it and to this

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