He used to call upon me at the Merchants' Hall, while I was transcribing the muster-rolls of the seamen there.

In short, he seemed to be interested in all my movements.

He became also a warm supporter both of me and of my cause.
[Footnote A: Dean Tucker, in his Reflections on the Disputes between Great Britain and Ireland, published in 1785, had passed a severe censure on the British planters for the inhuman treatment of their slaves.] Among others, who were useful to me in my pursuit, was Mr.Henry Sulgar, an amiable minister of the gospel belonging to the religious society of the Moravians in the same city.

From him I first procured authentic documents relative to the treacherous massacre at Calabar.

This cruel transaction had been frequently mentioned to me; but as it had taken place twenty years before, I could not find one person who had been engaged in it, nor could I come, in a satisfactory manner, at the various particulars belonging to it.
My friend, however, put me in possession of copies of the real depositions which had been taken in the case of the King against Lippincott and others, relative to this event, namely, of captain Floyd, of the city of Bristol, who had been a witness to the scene, and of Ephraim Robin John, and of Ancona Robin Robin John, two African chiefs, who had been sufferers by it.
These depositions had been taken before Jacob Kirby, and Thomas Symons, esquires, commissioners at Bristol for taking affidavits in the court of King's Bench.