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1-030 (Text)

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author,male,Grose, Francis,un addressee,male

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Letter

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1-030 (Text), Text 1-030 (Original), Original 1-030 (Raw), Raw

Word Count :

142

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1-030 (Text), Text

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Government English

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Imperial Correspondence

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http://dbpedia.org/resource/New_South_Wales

Created:

1792

Identifier

1-030

part of:

Corpus of Oz Early English

Source

Clark, 1977

pages

60-61
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808

Identifier

1-030-plain.txt

Title

1-030#Text

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Text

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The situation of the soldiers under my command, who at this time have scarcely shoes to their feet, and who have no other comforts than the reduced and unwholesome rations served out from the stores, has induced me to assemble the captains of my corps for the purpose of consulting what could be done for their relief and accommodation.  Amongst us we have raised a sufficient sum to take up the Britannia, and as all money matters are already settled with the master, who is also an owner, I have now to request you will interest yourself in our favour, that you will, by representing the necessities of my soldiers, protect this ship from interruption as much as you can, and that you will assist us to escape the miseries of that precarious existence we have hitherto been so constantly exposed to.

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