[Boston] Friday February 14 1777
Petition of Thomas Sheehy (a prisoner) praying for Liberty to take passage in a Brig whereof John Jones is Master for Ireland Read & Ordered that the prayer of the foregoing Petition be granted and that the said Thomas Sheehy be permitted and he hereby is permitted to take Passage on Board said Brig & that said Sheehy be not allowed to carry any Letters or written Intelligence with him and the Committee of the Town from whence the said Brig is to sail are hereby Ordered to see that the Conditions above mentioned be complied with.
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 20, 262, 263-64.