Know all Men by these Presents, That We [Daniel Cartwright Master of the Sloop Polly and George Gray of Edenton Innholder] are held and firmly bound to our Sovereign Lord George, the Third, by the Grace of God of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, and so forth, in the Sum of [One thousand] Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great-Britain, to be paid to our said Lord the King, His Heirs, or Executors: To which Payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us by himself, for and in the Whole, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators and each and every of them firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated this [Twenty fifth] Day of [January] in the [Sixteenth] Year of the Reign of His said Majesty, and in the Year of our Lord, One thousand seven hundred and seventy [Six]

WHEREAS by an Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, "An Act for encourageing and increasing of Shipping and Navigation," and several subsequent Acts of Parliament, which are now in Force, it is (amongst other Things) enacted, That for every Ship or Vessel, which shall load any Commodities in those Acts particularly enumerated at any British Plantation, being the Growth, Product or Manufacture thereof, Bond shall be given, with one Surety, to the Value of One Thousand Pounds if the Ship be of less Burthen than One Hundred Tons, and of the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds if the Ship be of greater Burthen, that the same Commodities shall be brought by such Ship or Vessel to some other British Plantation, or to some Port in GreatBritain. And whereas by an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty intituled, "An Act for repealing certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations granted by several Acts of Parliament; and also the Duties imposed by an Act made in the last Session of Parliament upon certain East-India Goods exported from Great-Britain; and for granting other Duties instead thereof; and for further encourageing, regulating, and securing several Branches of the Trade to the Kingdom and the British Dominions in America;" in order more effectually to prevent such Goods being privately carried from any British Colony or Plantation in America into Foreign Parts of Europe in Vessels that clear out with non-enumerated Goods, as well as to prevent the clandestine Importation of Foreign European Goods into the said British Colonies, it is (amongst other Things) enacted, that from and after the First Day of January, One thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven, Bond and Security, in the like Penalty, shall also be given to the Collector or other principal Officer of the Customs at any Port or Place in any of the British American Colonies or Plantations, with one Surety besides the Master of every Ship or Vessel that shall lade or take on Board there any Goods not particularly enumerated in the said Acts, with Condition that such Goods shall not be landed at any Part of Europe to the Northward of Cape Finisterre, except in Great Britain. And whereas by an Act made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to amend so much of an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for repealing certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations, granted by several Acts of Parliament; and also the Duties imposed by an Act made in the last Session of Parliament upon certain East-India Goods exported from Great Britain; and for granting other Duties instead thereof; and for further encourageing, regulating, and securing several Branches of the Trade of this Kingdom, and the British Dominions in America as relates to the Exportation of non-enumerated Goods from the British Colonies in America," any non-enumerated Goods laden as aforesaid, in any British-American Colony or Plantation, may be landed in Ireland; and the said recited Act of the Sixth of His present Majesty, and all the regulations therein contained, so far as the same relate to the Bond and Security of Landing such non-enumerated Goods in Great-Britain, shall extend, and be construed to extend to Ireland also, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if Ireland had been excepted and named in the said Act. And whereas by an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, any non-Enumerated Goods, except Rum, laden as aforesaid, in any British Colony or Plantation may be landed in the islands of Jersey or Guernsey, under the Regulations in the recited Act of the 6th of George 3d. AND whereas the above-bound [Daniel Cartwright] intends to lade on Board the Ship [Sloop Polly] whereof he the said [Danl Cartwright] is Master, sundry Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, not particularly enumerated in the said recited Acts, as specified on the Back hereof:

NOW the Condition of the above-written Obligation is such, That if the said Goods, or any Part thereof shall not be landed at any Part of Europe to the Northward of Cape Finisterre, except in Great-Britain or Ireland, or the Islands of Jersey or Guernsey; and if for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for or landed in Great-Britain or Ireland, a Certificate shall be produced, within Eighteen Months from the Date hereof under the Hands and Seals of the Collector and Comptroller, or other principal Officer of the Customs residing at the Port or Place where such Goods shall be landed, testifying the Landing thereof; and if for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for, or landed in the Islands of Jersey or Guernsey, a Certificate shall be produced within eighteen Months from the Date hereof, under the Hands and Seals of any three of the Magistrates of the Royal Courts of the said Islands respectively, testifying the landing thereof; and if for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for or landed in any of the British Colonies or Plantations in America, a Certificate shall be produced within Six Months, under the Hands and Seals of such Officers as aforesaid, residing at the Port or Place where such Goods shall be landed, testifying the Landing thereof; and if, for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for, or landed at, any other Place where the same may be legally landed, a Certificate shall be produced within Twelve Months, under the Common Seal of the Chief Magistrate, or under the Hands and Seals of Two known British merchants residing there, testify1ng the Landing of such Goods; or if due Proof, upon Oath, by credible Persons shall be made, that such Goods were taken by Enemies, or perished in the Seas; then the above written Obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full Force and Virtue. ²

Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of
Will^m Knight Compt