Author: Batman, John,
Title: Journal, manuscript
Date: 10 May-11 June 1835.
Accession Number: MS13181
Transcript Number: pp0016-027-0


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meserable place - I thought
Geo- Town bad enough
but certainly not half so
bad as this - When shall
we have a wind Oh - Dear
the wind blowing hard up
to 9 Oclock - from the same
quarter sent for one of the
Lime burners, and gave Him
three Dollars, to take our
letters and put them in the
Post Office Geo Town - I have
written 4 large and long letters
to Mrs. B - & Cap Harwood
two to his Wife - the man
is to starte early in the
morning, the Natives remain
on shore for the last five
Nights they perfer it -

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