Attestation Mr W[illia]m Bligh Plaintiff

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Textual material (14 pp.) - manuscript. Microfilm copy available at CY 178. Item is located at pages 5-18 of Safe 1/43. Declaration in Dutch No. 14396, 13 October 1789 and appended oath, 15 October 1789 by officers and men who accompanied Bligh in the Bounty's launch (John Fryer, Thomas Ledward, John Hallet, John Samuels, Robert Tinkler, Peter Linkletter, Lawrence Lebogue, George Simpson, John Smith, Robert Lamb, William Cole, William Peckover, William Elphinstone and Thomas Haywood) made at Bligh's demand. The Dutch declaration was signed before the Public Notary in Batavia, Nicolas Van Bergen Van der Grijp. Includes a copy of the declaration in English under seal.