I remain, My dear O’Brien,
Your sincere friend,
(Signed) Archd. Barklimore.
2nd April 1809.
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.
[1] The most celebrated bearers of the name were Donogh O’Brien, King of Thomond (1208-1244), and Earl Donough O’Brien (1577-1624), one of Queen Elizabeth’s few Irish loyalists and a noted fighter in her behalf.
[2] One of the ships surrendered at the Texel in 1799.
[3] I here feel it a duty to state, that, for the boats which we seized from the poor fishermen, bills of exchange were given to the full amount of their value upon the English Government.
[4] Pointe St. Mathieu, on the left upon entering Brest.
[5] The step is that part of the mast that fixes in the boat; the fore-tye, the rope by which the foresail is hoisted up.