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Master Attendants [sic] Office
Sydney 26th March 1828

Sir/

I beg to inform you that
on lifting the Rigging from off the Fore
Mast of the Barque Lucy Ann, the Mast
was found to be slightly sprung, therefore
I respectfully beg to suggest that the Commandant
at Moreton Bay be instructed to procure
a Spar suitable to make a new one for
her. I further beg to suggest that the
Prisoner as named on the Margin, an
experinced [sic] Shipwright, be permitted to select
the Spar, and prepare it for being shipped.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most Obed't Servant

[signed] Jno. Nicholson
Master Attendant

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To/

The Honble

The Col'l Secretary

&c ... &c ... &c }

[written diagonally, in left margin]

John Cunningham
per "Shipley"