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Letter from John Clarkson to Honorable Richard Bulkeley, President of HM. Council, regarding the voyage to Sierra Leone
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such as the Boards which form the berths for each family, the windsails for all the Ships, the provisions of every kind, which may be left after our arrival, the wine, rum, vinegar &c [etc] which may not be expended, Signal Lanthorns [lanterns], [Prop?] Lanthorn, former amounting to four, Provision [Casks?], Signal Flags amounting to three, with four Pendants, and in short the most trifling articles which Government has been at the Expense in furnishing

I remain Sir
with the greatest Respect
your most obedient Servant
[signature] John Clarkson

[on left]
The Honourable Richard Bulkeley
&c &c &c [etc]


Date: 30 December 1791

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 12

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