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Governor Bligh and the Rum
Rebellion
Petition by John Macarthur and Others to Major Johnston
26th January 1808
Sir
The present alarming State of the Colony, in which every Man’s Property, Liberty
and Life is endangered, induces us most earnestly to implore you instantly to
place Governor Bligh under an Arrest and to assume Command of the Colony. We
pledge ourselves, at a Moment of less agitation, to come forward to support the
Measure with our Fortunes and Our Lives.
We are, with great respect, Sir, Your most obedient servants.
The signatures were:
John Macarthur
William Grosvenor
William Davis
John Blaxland
Nathaniel Lloyd
John Hughes
James Mileham
William English
William Beggs
Simeon Lord
J. Sutton
J.Collingwood
Gregory Blaxland
William Ross
Thomas Brown
James Badgery
Cornelius Hennings
David Batty
Nicholas Bayly
William Wale Richard
Oldham
Garnham Blaxcell
T. Boulton
Joseph Morton
Thomas Jamison
Richard Tuckwell Patrick Marman
Charles Grimes
John O’Hearne William Watkins
Thomas Hobbs
Thomas Lawrence William Hennis
D’Arcy Wentworth
Jeremiah Cavanaugh James Parrott
Thomas Laycock
William George
John Griffiths
Thomas Moore
Valentine Wood Francis Cox
Robert Townson
Matthew Kearns Robert lack
Isaac Nichols
John Lyster William Holness
William Evans
Thomas Casey
Robert Brown
Jesse Mulcock
Thomas Hartman William Hatney
John Reddington
Thomas Jennings
William Blue
William Baker
James Hardwick
Thomas Legg
William Jenkins
Thomas Parsonage John Graham
Nathaniel Lucas
John White
Matthew Elkin
Henry Kable
Joseph Underwood
Thomas Moxon
Henry Sykes
Henry James Purcell
John Davis
Robert Sideway
Daniel Cubic
Richard Wade
Augustus Alt
Reuben Uther
John Ever
Henry Williams
James John Grant
John Anson
David Bevan
Samuel Terry
L. Jones
James Larra
John Waldron
Richard Palmer
Edward Hills
I. Nelson Abraham Levy
J. W. Lewin
Samuel Foster
Daniel Deacon
W.Blake
George Connoway
George Hughes
Thomas Allwright
George Phillips John Richardson
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Broughton
Joseph Flood
R. Fitzgerald
Joseph Hodges
John Hanslip
Thomas Abbott
Joseph Ward
Edward Smith
John Connell
James Wilshire
Absolom West
William Baker
John Gowen
Charles Williams
Nicholas Divine
William Thorn
Thomas Becker
William Stewart
James Evans
Charles Walker
John Apsey
Robert Traves
John Wilks
Richard Cheers
James Vanderroom
James Mackay
Thomas Jones
William Fielder
Charles Evans
Martin Short
John Driver
Patrick Drovy
Thomas Broadhurst
William Bennett
Richard Harding
Donald Moore
Richard Robinson
Henry Yeates
Ralph Stowe
John Thorley Jonathan Green
George Bowers
John Griffiths
James Wild
Abraham Moore
Owen Connor
George Cooke
John Pawley
Hugh McEvoy
Andrew Frazer
George Guest.
[Historical Records of Australia,
Series One, Volume Six p 240 and Note 69 p 723]
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