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It is not generally known that George Washington, prominent axeman and first President of the American Union, once took a hand in New South Wales politics. The great American was incensed at the banishment of Muir, the most celebrated of. the “Scotch martyrs.” In 1796 Washington commissioned the ship Otter. The master’s instructions were to call in at Port Jackson, ostensibly for trade purposes, but Muir’s safe return was the real objective. He got on board and away in the guise of an American sailor. The voyage was ill-fated. Tire vessel was wrecked on the American coast, and after terrible privations only Muir and one sailor reached New York. Muir's treatment in Australia was good. He conferred the name of Hunter’s Hill on the Sydney suburb.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1934, Page 13 (Supplement)
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