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.