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  <dc:title>Letter from James Johnston, Portsmouth, to Sir Joseph Banks</dc:title>
  <dc:description>On the Board of Longitude allowing a gratuity to Joseph Whidbey for his astronomical duty on the voyage to Vancouver (as Master of the 'Discovery') and asking that a like gratuity should be given to him for the geographical work entrusted to him (as Master, then Lieutenant, of 'Chatham').</dc:description>
  <dc:date>15 November 1798</dc:date>
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