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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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