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APPENDIX. 



Edward Leford, seaman, 

 Thomas Parsons, ditto, 

 Hugh Gibson, ditto, 

 James Domas, ditto, 

 Thomas Carroll, ditto, 

 Charles Moore, ditto, 

 William Holland, ditto, 

 Henry Humphries, ditto, 

 William Taylor, ditto, 

 Charles M'Carty, ditto. 



James M'Rea, seaman, 

 James Mahony, ditto, 

 John Deacon, ditto, 

 Simon Rodgers, ditto, 

 Elias W. Saddus, ditto, 

 John Owens, boy, 

 William Forseyth, ditto, 

 George Slousher, marine, 

 Thomas Ayres, ditto, 

 George Gable, do. Total 3 1 . 



RECAPITULATION. 



Killed and have since died of their wounds, - 58 



Severely wounded, - - - - 39 



Slightly wounded, - - - 26 



Missing, - - ' - - 31 



Total, 154 



After some conversation on the subject, the following 

 correspondence took place : 



Valparaiso, April 4th, 1814. 



Sir, 



Taking into consideration the immense distance we 

 are from our respective countries, the uncertainty of the 

 future movements of his Britannic majesty's ships under 

 my command, which precludes the possibility of my making 

 a permanent arrangement for transporting the officers and 

 crew late of the Essex, to Europe, and the fast approach- 

 ing season which renders a passage round Cape Horn in 

 some degree dangerous : I have the honour to propose for 

 your approbation, the following articles, which I hope the 

 government of the United States, as well as that of Great 

 Britain, will deem satisfactory : and to request that, should 

 you conceive them so, you will favour me with the ne- 

 cessary bond for their fulfilment. 



1. The Essex Junior to be deprived of all her arma- 

 ment, and perfectly neutralized ; to be equipped for the 

 voyage solely and wholly at the expense of the American 

 government; and to proceed with proper American officers 

 and crew (of which I wish to be furnished with a list for 



