Colony of the Massachusetts Bay

By the Major part of the Council ー

On the Examination of John Moodie Captain, John Smith Mate, Saml Ward, Derby Hogan & Lawrence Colbert, foremost Hands of the Schooner Fisher,² taken & brought into Salem ー

Ordered ー That the said John Moodie and John Smith be permitted to go at large thro['] this Colony, they & each of them, for himself giving Bond, to the Colony Treasurer, in the sum of five hundred pounds, that he will not go into Boston without leave from the Council, nor correspond with our Enemies there or Elsewhere, & that he will not supply them with Provisions or stores of any kind whatever, & that he be not aiding or assisting therein ー And that the said Samuel Ward, Derby Hogan & Lawrence Colbert be released from Custody to go where they will except into Boston without restraint ー

Council Chamber
Decembr 6th 1775 ー