Maryland ss. Know all Men by these presents that We William Thomas Charles Crookshanks and John Stevens of Talbot County Gentlemen are held and firmly bound unto the Right Honourable the Lord proprietary of the Province afore said in the full and Just Sum of One Thousand Pounds ー Sterling to be paid to the said Lord proprietary ー his Heirs or Successors to which Payment well and truly to be made and done we bind ourselves our Heirs Executors and Adminis trators in the whole and for the whole Jointly and severally firmly by these presents  Sealed with our Seals and dated this 21st ー day of Nov ー Anno Domini Seventeen hundred and Seventy Five

Whereas his Excellency Robert Eden Esqr Governor of Maryland hath ap pointed William Thomas to be Naval Officer of Pocomoke in the province aforesaid the Condition of the above Obligation is such that if the above men tioned William Thomas will during his Continuance in the said Office Account for and pay to the Treasurers for the Time being the several Sums of Money which he the said William Thomas shall receive by the Laws of this province on Account of the Publick and all other the Duties of his said Office legally duly and faithfully shall discharge according to Law then the above Obligation to be void and of no effect otherwise to be and remain in full force and Virtuous Law ー

Sealed and Delivered
in the Presence of
Wm Hayward