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'' | <p>Castle. No boat <del>ha</del> was to be had in the Morning from the Formidable<lb/> | ||
and the afternoon was too bad weather. I slept on board the next morning<lb/> | |||
I went to the Sterling Castle but <unclear>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></unclear> Cha' was ashore he has a house<lb/> | |||
& family at Gosport. I called onboard the Victory to see Peake<lb/> | |||
but could not stay long on account of keeping the boat at a time when<lb/> | |||
<unclear>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></unclear> Hugh Palliser was going to muster the men. When I returned Capt<hi rend="superscript">n</hi><lb/> | |||
Barely introduced me to <unclear>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></unclear> Hugh for the purpose only of my taking<lb/> | |||
a letter on shore for him. He made many <hi rend="underline">very polite apologies</hi> for<lb/> | |||
troubling me, & afterwards <sic>thankt</sic> me <hi rend="underline">as politely</hi> when another opportunity<lb/> | |||
offered of sending it. There is no harm in being known to him even though<lb/> | |||
it be for the purpose of carrying a letter for him.</p> | |||
With respect to the Steering Apparatus this Iron hoop had been taken to be<lb/> | |||
altered but the Master Blacksmith was so ignorant he could not <del><gap/></del> <add>or</add> so obstinate<lb/> | |||
he would not follow the directions of the Carpenter. I have therefore undertaken<lb/> | |||
to ask the Commissioner to give <unclear>advice</unclear> to the blacksmith to do<lb/> | |||
it <add>make 2 new ones</add> according to my directions, <del><gap/></del> & I will stand by while he does it.<lb/> | |||
I went onboard the Bienfaisant to see Teers who married Gray's <sic>Neice</sic>. | |||
Castle. No boat ha was to be had in the Morning from the Formidable
and the afternoon was too bad weather. I slept on board the next morning
I went to the Sterling Castle but Mr Cha' was ashore he has a house
& family at Gosport. I called onboard the Victory to see Peake
but could not stay long on account of keeping the boat at a time when
Mr Hugh Palliser was going to muster the men. When I returned Captn
Barely introduced me to Mr Hugh for the purpose only of my taking
a letter on shore for him. He made many very polite apologies for
troubling me, & afterwards thankt me as politely when another opportunity
offered of sending it. There is no harm in being known to him even though
it be for the purpose of carrying a letter for him.
With respect to the Steering Apparatus this Iron hoop had been taken to be
altered but the Master Blacksmith was so ignorant he could not or so obstinate
he would not follow the directions of the Carpenter. I have therefore undertaken
to ask the Commissioner to give advice to the blacksmith to do
it make 2 new ones according to my directions, & I will stand by while he does it.
I went onboard the Bienfaisant to see Teers who married Gray's Neice.
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Identifier: | JB/538/206/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538. |
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1778-07-05 |
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538 |
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206 |
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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