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who governs Naples reads English it seems. Poli gives me so good an account of him
that he shall have a Copy of Introd., & if nothing happens to prevent, of Code.

I saw t'other day upon a paper a very pretty contest between poor Capt. Griffiths, who
was killed in the W. Indies and Ld Howe: Ld Howe insiting that Griffiths was entitled
to between 3 & 4,000£, a greater part of which would have come out of his British pocket: &
Griffiths insisting as strenuously that he was not. The case was that which Ld H commanded
in N. America he stationed Griffith near Rhode Island with a ship under his command beside
his own: this made him a Commodore, provided the appointment of the commander of the subordinate
ship were confirmed afterwards by the Admiralty. Ld H having been so disrespectfully treated in so
many other particulars by Ld. S. Gr. had no notion that the appointment would be confirmed: nor
would he believe it when he first heard of it; however as it turned out, confirmed it was. And
this was the subject of the dispute. By the death of poor Gr. a plan of his for cutting off 2
French Ships miscarried; a plan of which Ld. Howe speaks in terms of perfect admiration. What a
loss this to the service!

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May 13th 1780.

Samuel Bentham Esq.r
at Mr Shairpe's
British Consul
Petersburgh.

Identifier: | JB/539/050/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1780-05-13	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	050	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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