Council Chamber [Watertown] Jany 26th 1776
To the Comee of Safety of the Town of Gloucester or Comte of
Correspondence of sd Town ー
Greeting
You are hereby requested to take into your Custody & safekeeping William Wood, Master, & Robert Ayles, Mate, lately taken Prisoners in the ship Jenny, & brought into your Port ー You are desired to see that they do not pass out of the Limits of the Town of Gloucester on any pretext whatever, and if they or either of them shall attempt it, or for any other reason you may think it most conducive to the public safety to confine them, You are hereby authorised and impowered in either of such cases to cause the said Wood & Ayles, or either of them, to be apprehended & put under close confinement till the further Order of the major part of the Council ー
In the Name & by Ordr of the Council
