Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… authority was too often either abused or ignored. Captain Kempthorn bluntly declared that they had become a nuisance to … of Trade, who awaited fresh information from Commodore Kempthorn and the out-ports (646, 650). Complaints continued … them in debt, and carried them off to America. Commodore Kempthorn endeavoured to stop this practice by obliging …
