The petition against Governor Bligh
This petition was written the day of the arrest but most of the 151 signatures were gathered in the days after Bligh's overthrow. It was written by John Macarthur and addressed to George Johnston. The text states:
The present alarming state of this Colony, in which every mans property Liberty and Life is endangered induces us most earnestly to implore you instantly to place Governor Bligh under arrest and to assume the command of the Colony. -- We pledge Ourselves at a moment of less agitation to come forward to support the measure with our fortunes and our lives.
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