FOOTNOTES:
[1] This account is an abstract of a narrative of the mutiny, written by the late Sir Henry Strachey, and which forms Appendix 1st to the 9th Report of the Committee of Secresy of the House of Commons, A.D. 1773.
[2] Vide Ibid. Appendix, No. 1. a. fo. 699.
[3] The Court's orders for this reduction, dated the 11th of June, 1764, are very positive and peremptory.
[4] The order was expected some time before it was issued.
[5] Vide 9th Rep. of Com. of Secresy, App. No. 1. fo. 699. This remonstrance sets forth the high rates of supplies at a distance from the coast, objections of servants to act except in one capacity, and various expenses and hardships entailed by their situation, and aggravated by the reduction of allowances.
[6] Ibid. No. 2. fo. 700.
[7] Vide 9th Rep. of Com. of Secresy, App. No. 4 fo. 702.
[8] Ibid. No. 5. fo. 702.
[9] ibid. No. 6. fo. 702.