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Hulks Howard

John Howard Esqr.

I have visited the vessels twice: the first
time on a Sunday Oct. 1776. on board the Justitia.
I went on a Sunday because I should have
a view of the Convicts. They I saw there altogether
upon deck. I took two walks round them, and
looked in the face of every individual person.

I soon saw by their sickly looks that some
mismanagement was among them. Many had
no shirts; some no waistcoats: some no stockings
some no shoes: some many know me; some one of which
I saw were very ill.

I touched his pulse: I asked him how
he did. He said he was ready to sink into
the earth: I immediately turned to my conductor:
& he immediately swore an oath and said, the
man had the Pox. (My conductor was an Inspector
of the Convicts one of the head officers
I suppose) I then said, some care ought to
be taken of the man. The conductor said
he had a draught yesterday. I asked the
man if he had had it: & he said, no.
I turned to the Conductor, and he said nothing.
I found afterwards, by inquiry that no care had
been taken of the man. I asked the Conductor
how he could tell me such a falsity. He
said nothing.

I saw many others that looked sickly. I
inquired whether they had any medical assistance:
and

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	119	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	040	Info in main headings field	hulks
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f13 / f14 / f15 / f16
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	c. hamilton
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Notes public		ID Number	39551
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