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aside my being on board) and afterwards writing to Mr. Jackson directing him to report by Letter notwithstanding the former explanation which had been given. He has refused to obey a written order from me conformable to direction I received from my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty; and likewise an order to send the second Lieutenant to my assistance in this Ship, where so much depends on my vigilance and care, tho' he keeps these orders in his possession.
He has grossly insulted me on board the Porpoise when on duty and told me I had assumed a Title I had no right to. He has fired Shot at me, his superior Officer in the execution of my duty and in violation of all Naval decorum when I was directing the Course of the Ship; and to add to this unprecedented conduct, and to give farther scope to his violence he commanded my Son in Law, who was Officer of the Watch, to see these Guns fired, one across