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Requisite & Necessary,

And Whereas you the said Lieutenant John Clarkson of the Royal Navy have been sent here by the Sierra Leona Company in England as their Agent; and -- been also recommended to the late Lieutenant Governor have by His Majesty's Secretary of State as a fit person to have the charge of the said free Blacks.

I do therefore, by the Power & Authority to me given & Granted by His Majesty, hereby appoint you the said Lieutenant John Clarkson to take all & every of the said Transports, together with said Black People on board them, into your Care & Charge, and to Convoy them as soon as may be from this Port to Sierra Leona; & there to Land & deliver them over to the Governor or Chief Person in the Administration of Government; together with all and every thing which may remain of what has been Provided for them by Government and also their Property.

And you are hereby Authorized to give such Orders, and make such Regulations as shall appear to you fit & proper for Keeping together the Several Transports; and Conducting them Safely during their Voyage; And, for the Preservation of

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