| Description | Enclosure, John Malcom, Custom House Officer in the Boston Government in North America, to the King, 12 Jan 1775, Westminster, petition, relates his military services in the last two American wars especially in connection with Governor Tryon, has commanded twelve different merchant vessels to different parts of the world and received four commissions in His Majesty's Customs, details his recent sufferings at Boston, has been seven months in London waiting for compensation, desires £150 and the employment sought for in the Customs and promised by Lord North
Annexed, John Malcom to Lord North, 14 Sep 1774, Westminster, desires various employments in the Customs at Falmouth, which he details, the salaries of the whole amounting to £200, shows the necessity and utility of such appointments and hopes soon to obtain them and return to his family in America |