An Estimate of the Loss sustained by Joshua Orne of Marblehead from the Piratticall Seizure and detention of a Brig & Cargo by the Ministeriall Navy at Boston, one third of which was sd Orne's Property. ー

The Cargo produc'd by sales 2000 Lawf Money as by Information of the person who sold it

One third of Which is ー to 866 .. 13 .. 4 L Money

[Endorsed]

We the Subscribers beleive the Above Estimate to be a True one of sd Ornes Loss as Witness Our hands

M[arble]head Feby 5th 1776

Stephen Phillips Edwd Fettyplace Joseph Homan

John Reed William Knight Wm Doliber

Committee of Correspondence

[Second endorsement]

Colony of Massachusetts Bay,

Essex ss March 29, 1776 Then Joshua Orne within named did swear that the estimate of the loss he sustained by the Navy of Great Britain, as within written, is just & true, being eight hundred & sixty six pounds thirteen shillings & four pence lawful money of the Massachusetts Bay.

Before Timothy Pickering junr Justice of the Peace