Know all Men by these Presents that I John Brown of Providence in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Merchant am held and firmly bound unto Joseph Clarke Esquire General Treasurer of said State in the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds Lawful Money to be paid unto the said Joseph Clarke in his said Capacity or to his Successors in said Office for the Use of saiµ State. To which Payment well and truly to be made I bind myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these Presents. Sealed with my Seal. Dated the Twenty-Eighth Day of February in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-seven.

Whereas Master of the Sloop Dove owned by the said John Brown, is permitted by a Resolve of the Council of War of this State to proceed with said Sloop and her Cargo to Philadelphia in the State of Pensylvania: Now the Condition of this Obligation is such That if the said shall proceed with said Sloop to Philadelphia, and shall not carry with him any of the Articles in said Resolve specified, to wit Bacon, Salted Beef and Pork, Soap Tallow or Candles excepting a sufficiency of those Articles as shall be necessary for the Crew of said Sloop, and shall upon his Arrival in Philadelphia purchase a Lading of Flour — Bread, Iron &c. and if the Owner or Owners of said Sloop shall upon her arrival within any part of this State give the Refusal of her Cargo to this State, and further if the Master of said Sloop shall in all other Respects comply with the requisites for qualifying Vessels to Trade, then this Obligation shall be void or else in full Force.

Sealed and delivered
in the Presence of —

Elk^a Watson Rufus Hopkins