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I will not trouble you, Sir, with a catalogue of grievances, further than to request that the unfortunate may feel as little of the severities of war as the circumstances of the time will permit, that in future they may not be fed in winter with salted clams, and that they may be afforded a sufficiency of fuel. I am, Sir, your most obdt and hble srvt M. Arbuthnot.
yr most obdt, hble srvts, Robert Harris, Captain of the sloop Industry John Chace Charles Collins, Captain of the Sword-fish Philemon Haskell Jonathan Carnes
Aborn and Bowen permission to wait on your Excellency to represent their miserable situation, and if your Excellency's feelings on this occasion are like mine, you will not hesitate one moment in relieving both the British and Americans suffering under confinement. I have the Honor to be your Excellency's Very obdt Srvt R. Digby Camp Highlands, June 24th 1782
"Hoping that you may receive this communication duly, and make reply to Same, and hoping above all things that I may soon meet again my Companion of the 47th., I beg to subscribe myself, my dear boy, ever your Obdt. & Affect. Friend, "P.S. Pray Herild your advent by a letter & bring about 4 lbs. or 5 lbs. of your Favourite Tea, as I am Short of Same."
I am, Sir, yr most obdt Srvt Abraham Skinner Letters full of recriminations continued to pass between the commissaries on both sides. In Sproat's reply to the letter we have just quoted, he enclosed a copy of the paper which he had induced the thirteen sea captains and other officers to sign, obtained as we have seen, in such a dastardly manner.
"I am yr obdt hble srvt "Abraham Skinner" "New York June 9th 1782
I am, Madam, with every sentiment of respect yr most Obdt Servt Wm. Drowne The next letter we will give was written by Dr. Solomon Drowne to his sister Sally. This gentleman was making every effort to obtain his brother's release from captivity. Providence, Oct. 17 1781
The letter which Eben had given to Patsy was a very simple one. I was a bad man till Mr. Stair believed in me. I think it an honour to die for him and for his wife. Madame, be kind to him, for he deserves it. There is no such man in this world, I do assure you of that. "Your obdt. humble servant, "E. McCLURE. "P.S. I should like Mr. Stair to tell my uncle that I did not disgrace the family name."
"I have the honour to subscribe myself "Your Lordship's "Obdt. Servant, The Under-secretary, a pale, distinguished man, read this letter with a little lift of one eyebrow, then let it drop from him into a waste-paper basket. At the German, the Turkish, capitals it met much the same reception. Nowhere did it reach the eye of a Departmental Head.
"Your obdt. servt. and affectionate aunt, "Janet Lyon." From this information I hoped great things at least a letter demanding pardon from Irma, or an account of how she had confessed all from that graceless and thankless forgetful besom Charlotte. But I heard nothing further till, one day going past after another, about a twelvemonth after amazing word came.
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