| Description | Petition, recounts his distresses since the destruction of the Liberty at Newport 19 Jul 1769, having had to flee Connecticut, West Indies, New York, Philadelphia and Barbadoes; thence by the kindness of Captain Thomas Adams was brought to London, where he presented a memorial to the Lords of the Treasury, John Robinson at this time charged the petitioner falsely, on which he returned to Boston and obtained two affidavits and other papers clearing his character, came back to London and now seeks relief |