1786-12-22 (static/transcriptions/1786/12/439.jpg)

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3d Wts for the King
John Burdekin.
I am purser of the Ravensworth. I was not on board when the discovy was made of stolen goods & Wheeler was put in irons; but went on board next morning. And on examg the parcels of goods then in the Gr. Cabin I fod them to correspond with the Invoices of the late ship’s steward who had been drowned; and the whole of whose goods had have been sold at since that time, by Burnell & Gould & those parcels have been sold