Maryland to wit

Know all Men by these Presents that I William Lux of Baltimore Town Merchan t ー am held & firmly bound unto John Winning in the Sum of two hundred and fifty Pounds Current Money to be paid to the said John Winning his Heirs, Executors Administrators or Assigns To the which Payment well and truly to be made & done I bind myself my Heirs, Executors & Administrators in the whole and for the whole firmly by these Presents sealed with my Seal and dated this Seventh Day of April Anno Domini 1777 ー

Whereas William Rogers on Behalf of himself and others exhibited a Libel in the Court of Admiralty of the State of Maryland against the Brigantine Minerva and her Cargoe praying Condemnation thereof for the Use of the Captors and all others concerned And Whereas orVthe Hearing of the said Libel and Examination of all Witnesses & Evidences produced by the Parties interested therein a Verdict and Judgment of Acquittal & Discharge was obtained and rendered against the said William Rogers from which Verdict & Judgment the said William Rogers by his Advocate prayed an Appeal to the honourable Congress. Now The Condition of the above Obligation is such that if the above named William Rogers do and shall prosecute the said Appeal with Effect & pay & satisfy to the Appellee his Executors, Administrators or Assigns in Case the said Judgment shall be affirmed as well all Costs and Charges adjudged by the said Court of Admiralty to be paid by the said William Rogers to the said John Winning as all Costs and Charges that shall be awarded to the said John Winning by the Court before whom the said Appeal shall be heard, tried & determined, then the above Obligation to be void otherwise in full Force and Virtue.
Signed Sealed & delivered
in presence of Dan Bowly