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[top of left margin] 31/10,002 - 10th Dec'r 1831.

Sheriff's Office Sydney 10 Dec'r 1831

Sir,

I have the honor to transmit a Petition from the Prisoner named in the margin, now on board the Phoenix Hulk, which you will be pleased to lay before His Excellency the Governor

I have the honor to be

Sir,

Your obedient Servant

[signed] J. Macquoid

Sheriff

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The Hon'ble

The Colonial Secretary

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Charles Bogg

Born in the Colony.

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Must be returned to Moreton Bay by the first opp'y [opportunity]

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Mr J ... The Sheriff 13 December 1831

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