Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, - from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 by Thomas Cochrane Earl of Dundonald
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The names of the foreigners who refuse going to sea I have the honour to enclose to your Lordship, and also to enclose several letters sent me officially from Captain Cobbett, of the _Valdivia_. I.S. CROSBIE, _Captain_. Not to multiply these letters from other Commanders, I will adduce two written by the whole of the English and North-American seamen themselves. Captin Crosby, Sir, It his the request of us all in the Ship's Company to inform you that we would wish to acquaint his Lordship that we was promised by General San Martin to receive a bounty of 50,000 dollars and the Total Amount of the Spanish Frigate _Ismeralda_, it his the Sole thought of us all that if San Martin had any Honure he would not breck his promises wish out to have been fulfilled Long a go. Ship's Company of _O'Higgins_. Capt. Corbet It is the request of us all On Bord the Chili States ship _Valdivia_ To aquaint you that we are disatisfied on account of our pay and prize money, and likewise the promises made to us on leaving Valpariso, it is likewise our Determination not to weigh the |
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