Mr Fisher

This will be handed you by Mr Nathl Rumsey; And we Request you will furnish.him with a Boat & Pilot with Such a Number of people to Assist him as he shall Want ー This boat is to Cruize of[f] for a Vessell which he Expects every Minute. The Expences attending this Matter, this Gentleman is to pay for

By Order of Committee
John Nixon Chair[ma]n

[Enclosure]

Mr Fisher

Above you have the Order of the Committee of Safety to furnish us with a Boat & Hands ー the Vessell we Expect has a Valuable & Important Cargoe wch is much Wanted. We therefore depend upon your giving Mr Rumsey every Assistance in your power for wch We shall cheerfully Satisfy you ー the signals Mr Rumsey is posses'd of, wch you will order to be strictly adhered to ー We are sir [&c.]

Hodge & Bayard
Jos Carson

Mr Henry Fisher Lewis Town