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REDUCED FACSIMILE OF ORIGINAL MS. DEDICATION
OF FLINDERS' JOURNAL.
(Mitchell Library.)

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   To
   the right hon. George John, Earl Spencer,
   the right hon. John, Earl of St. Vincent,
   the right hon. Charles Phillip Yorke,
   and
   the right hon. Robert Saunders, Viscount Melville,
   who,
   as first Lords Commissioners of the
   Admiralty,
   successively honoured the Investigator's voyage
   with their patronage,
   this account of it is respectfully dedicated,
   by Their Lordships
   most obliged, and
   most obedient
   humble servant
   Matthew Flinders

   (Wikisource contributor note)