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To the honourable the President of the Council, WATERTOWN.
Salem, 27th September, 1776.
The bearer, Captain Dudfield, was taken and brought in here by Captain Fisk, in the Tyrannicide. He has a young son with him, about six years old, and a black boy; and now waits on the Council in hopes of obtaining permission for himself and them, together with the surgeon of his vessel, to sail for England with Mr˙ Ross. They have very little to support themselves here, and will soon become burthensome
With due respect, I am your Honours most obedient servant, RICHARD DERBY, JUN˙
To the honourable the President of the Council.
Application of Richard Derby
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to the State. May it not, under the circumstances, be prudent to let them go?