Know all Men by these Presents That I John Dennis of Swanzey in the Country of Bristol in the Province of the Massachussetts Bay Merchant am held and firmly bound unto Joseph Clarke Esqr. General Treasurer of the Colony of Rhode Island in the Sum of Six Hundred Pounds Lawful Money to be paid to the said Joseph Clarke in his said Capacity or to his Successors in said Office for the Use of the said Colony To which Payment well and truly to be made I bind myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these Presents. Sealed with my Seal. Dated the Twenty fifth Day of January in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six

Whereas Norton Cole Master of the Sloop Phoenix burthened about Sixty five Tons and owned by the abovenamed John Dennis is bound by Permission of the Honble Nicholas Cooke Esqr. Governor of the said Colony on a Voyage with his said Sloop to the Province of Georgia with One Thousand Bunches of Onyons Twenty Bushells Beets Three dozen Felt Hats Six Boxes Hard Soap Twenty barrels Apples Four Hundred Bushells Potatoes Two Hundred and Eighty Barrels Cyder and Three Thousand Pounds weight of Cheese. Now the Condition of the above Obligation is such That if the said Norton Cole shall proceed with his said Sloop to the Province of Georgia and there Discharge his said Cargo and take on board the Produce of the Country or other Articles under the Direction of the Committee of Inspection of the City Town or County where he shall lade and take in his said Cargo and also bring back proper Certificates both of Exports and Imports from them and lodge the same in the Office of the Secretary of the said Colony within three Days after the Return of said Sloop, and further shall not Proceed to any Port or Place not being within the United Colonies (the Danger of the Sea and Seizure of an Enemy always excepted) then this Obligation to be void or else in full Force.

Sealed and delivered in the Presence of

Theodore Foster ー William Mumford.