Council Chamber [Watertown]
Octr 14. 1775 On the Petition of Ichabod Jones now a Prisoner in North Hampton Goal it is Ordered By the major part of the Council That the sd Jones be indulgd the Liberty of the Goalers house & the Prison Yard, On Condition that he the sd Jones together with his Son John Coffin Jones jointly & Severally execute a good and sufficient Bond for the sum of Two thousand pounds to be forfeited & paid to the Colony Treasurer for the Use of the Colony upon his the sd Ichabod Jones going out of the Limits of the sd House & Yard ー And the Sheriff of the County of Hampshire is hereby directed to take said Bond & transmit the same to the Treasurers Office ー
By their Honor's Command
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 164, 152.