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157 CLARKSON'S MISSION TO AMERICA 1791-1792
Captain Jonathan Barnard You being Master of our Brigantine Mary, taken into Government service for the purpose of carrying Black people to the river Sierra Leone, on the Coast of Africa, our orders & directions to you that you follow the orders you may receive from Lieut John Clarkson, of His Majesty's Navy, who is appointed Agent to conduct the Fleet from this Port, during the course of the voyage, and as you will receive instructions from him to keep in the Fleet, we trust you will use your utmost endeavours for that purpose And as I have no reason to doubt your humanity, I trust you will endeavour to make the Black People, as comfortable as possible, attending particularly to keeping your vessels, and them as clean as you can-I wish you to be attentive to your ship's Crew, and not permit them to treat the Blacks with ill language and disrespect, as is too often the case, but that you and your Crew exercise patience towards those unfortunate people, whom the King is endeavouring to render more happy by sending them to their native Shore We are your friends & Owners Tim Folger- This day I distributed on board the different ships the complements of clothing I intended for each person previous to our sailing, as will appear on the other side in a list, brought forward from page 38 |
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