Known all Men by these presents that we Nicholas Brown, Joseph Russell, William Russell and Gideon Young all of Providence in the County of Proyidence and Colony of Rhode Island &c. Merchants are held and firmly bound unto Joseph Clarke Esquire General Treasurer of the said Colony in the Sum of Twelve Hundred Pounds Lawful Money to be paid to the said Joseph Clarke in his said Capacity or to his Succeswrs in said Office for the Use of the said Colony to which Payment well and truly to be made we bind Ourselves Our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these Presents. Sealed with Our Seals Dated the Twelfth Day of February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Six.

Whereas the said Nicholas Brown, Joseph Russell, William Russell and Gideon Young have equipped the Sloop Enterprize, burthened about Seventy five Tons whereof James Westcott is Master and have obtained Permission of the Honorable Nicholas Cooke Esquire Governor of the said Colony for him the said James Westcott to proceed with the said Sloop and her Cargo to any of the Foreign Islands in the West Indies to purchase Powder and other Military Stores. Now therefore the Condition of the above Obligation is such That if the said James Westcott shall well and truly lay out the whole proceeds of his Cargo on board the said sloop in Gunpowder, Saltpetre, Sulphur, Duck or Arms and shall import the same into this or any other of the United Colonies in America the Danger of the Seas and of the Enemy only excepted and also further excepting that in Case the said James Westcott shall not be able to invest the whole Proceeds of the Sperma Coeti Candles in the Articles abovesaid that then he shall be permitted to lay out and bring back the remainder in Paper Ozenbriggs, Ticklenburgh, Lead, Flints, Twine Steel Jesuits Bark, Rhubarb, Cotton, Linnen, or Woolen Cloths, and shall also upon his Return to this Colony lodge a true account or Manifest of his Cargo in the Office of the Secretary of the said Colony; and further shall not go to any Port or Place in the British West-Indies (the Danger of the Sea and Seizure by an Enemy always excepted) then this Obligation shall be void or else in full Force ²

Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of

Nicho Brown Jos & Wm Russell

Gideon Young James Westcot

George Benson Rufus Hopkins