Personally Appeared Mr John Brown of Fishers Island, of Lawful age (& being duly Sworn) Testifieth and saith that he lived with his father Mr Benjamin Brown the Year past, and that in the morning of the 7th of August last, Capt Wallace of the Ship Rose, and Some other Ships of War & Transports under his Command, came to Anchor at the west end of Sd Island, soon after which ー Capt Wallace with a Number of armed men, came on shore, and Applyd to his father for a Number of fat Cattle & Sheep, That Capt Wallace said if he would let them have 'em at Such price as this Deponant & One Colonel Willard should agree for all was well; But if that did not Sute the Deponant & his father, he Wallace ー said he would have them Notwithstanding; and Commanded them emediately to have said Stock brought up & Yarded, upon which this Deponant with others (knowing themselves & the Stock of Sd Island to be in the power of Sd Wallace) went after the Cattle & Sheep & brought them up, & yarded them, That this deponant & Col Willard Valued the 1100 sheep & 30 Cattle at £432..15..0 Sterling; that the sheep was put on bord the Transports the 7th of August, and the Cattle the day following, and that he Expected Capt Wallace would pay his Father for Sd stock, and that this Deponant went on board the Spy Transport with the Account, to receive the money thereon, that when on Bord, the Captain of the Spy, [H.] Evans gave him an Order on his Excellency General Gage for the Amount of Sd Cattle & Sheep, and that he received no other Consideration whatever, and that no part of Sd Order hath ever been paid, And this Deponant further Testifieth, that the Within Account of Expence for removing the Sheep, Cows, &c, to the main, & the keeping them is a True & Just Account, and that he thinks the Damage his father Sustains by the removing the Stock from Sd Island (Not being permitted to return them again) is as Great as it is here Estemated at, and that his father's Damage is dayly Increasing both by the Expence of keeping the Stock, & in his not being permitted to fee:I & Improve the Island as Usual, ²

Sworn Before me, Nathaniel Minor Justice of Peace