[The Articles are in printed form and follow exactly the text prescribed by the Continental Congress on November 28, 1775. The various blank spaces are filled in, according to requirements. She was bound on a cruise from the port of "Rhqde Island." She was named "Columbus", and her commander was "Hoysteed Hacker Esqr." The latter's signature appears regularly thereafter in every paragraph where space was left for that purpose. The names of the crew appear below in two parallel columns, each listing time of entry, name, station and wages. The wages, however, were not filled in.

The left column was for sea officers (commissioned, warrant and petty) and seamen; the right column, for marine officers and men. For convenience in reading, the right column is here dropped to follow the other.]