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  <dc:title>Letter from Charles Mason, Portsmouth, to Charles Morton</dc:title>
  <dc:description>On a delay in proceeding on the voyage to Bencoolen [Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia] on HMS 'Seahorse', to observe the Transit of Venus.  

Mason also notes "...Captain [Smith] doubts Bencoolen [Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia] is in the hands of the French".</dc:description>
  <dc:date>8 December 1760</dc:date>
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