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 To the Right Worshipful Sir WILLIAM THOMSON Knight, Governor; THOMAS PAPILLON Esquire, Deputy; and the 24 "Committees" of the Honourable East India Company hereunder specified, viz:—

The Rt. Hon. GEORGE, Earl of BERKLEY. The Rt, Hon. JAMES, Lord CHANDOS. Sir MATTHEW ANDREWS Knight. Sir JOHN BANKS Baronet. Sir SAMUEL BARNARDISTON Baronet. Mr. CHRISTOPHER BOONE. John BATHURST Esquire. Sir JOSIAH CHILD Baronet. Mr. THOMAS CANHAM. Colonel JOHN CLERK. Sir JAMES EDWARDS Knight. Mr. JOSEPH HERENE. RICHARD HUTCHINSON Esquire. JAMES HUBLON Esquire. Sir JOHN LETHIEULLIER Knight. Mr. NATHANIEL PETTON. Sir JOHN MOOR Knight. SAMUEL MOYER Esquire. Mr. JOHN MORDEN. Mr. JOHN PAIGE. EDWARD RUDGE Esquire. DANIEL SHELDON Esquire. Mr. JEREMY SAMBROOK. ROBERT THOMSON Esquire.

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL,

Since my return home to my native country of England, after a long and disconsolate captivity; my friends and acquaintance, in our converse together, have been inquisitive into the state of that land in which I was