[Exeter] Thursday, January 2d 1777 —
Vote for a Ship now lying at Portsmouth to have leave to sail on a Voyage to the West Indias on condition of a Bond being given by the owners to bring back a Cargo of such Articles as the Court shall direct and give the State the refusal thereof bro't up read and Concurred —
1. Council Records, Council Book VII, 1776-1778, 128, 129, N. H. Arch.