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You being Master of the Sloop Enterprize with Our Cargo on bord Bound, As p his Honr the Governors Permit to Any of the Foreign West India Islands, Our Orders Are that you proceed with all Dispach, Wind & Weather Permiting May Touch first at St Loucie Martineco, or Guardiloope, and at Any of these places to Dispose of your Cargo & lay out the neet proceeds in Any of the Articles Mentioned in your Bond & hereto Annexed as You May think will best Ansr And you have liberty to get for Accot Mr [Gideon] Young who is Owner the Vessel Any Small Sails that May be Wanting, The Amount of which or Any Other Necessarys You May get to keep the Vessel in proper Repair is to be Chargd to him the sd Young & be setled as so Much towards his Q[uar]ter part of the Nett proceeds of the Cargo ー You have full Liberty to Touch at Any of the Foreign Islands for Trade, and by all Means to keep a Constant look out so as to Eskape the Enemey ー And On your return Home to be very Carefull to get Good Information before you Come into this Colony  We advise your keeping a Number of Small Arms well fitted for Defence against An Enemey, If you Should fall in to the Westward May Touch at East Hampton on long Island & there Discharge your Cargo if you Should by Good Information find it very Difficu[l]t geting in here, or May go into Sag Harbore Sto[n]ingtown or Norwich

But we think it May be as safe to Come into the Eastward Vizt Bedford or any Harbore Eastwd of Secunet & know the state of the Times here before you Come in & we think secunet way May be the safest ー What Linnens (if you get Any) for your Candles Must be all of the Cours Kinds Cutlasses, pistles & Swivels we Consider as within the Meang of your permit but small Arms we think will Neet More Profit than Powder, You Will Balist your Vessel with Brimstone if to be had German Steel is Much Wanted now here & What Cotton you Can get to half a Doz Baggs as part of the Proceeds of the Candl[e]s, if the Other things first Mentions Is not to be had

Upon the Whole We rely upon Your Judgment & Prudence to take every Means in your Power for the Good of the Voyage ー Your Commissions is to be five p Cent for Sales &Two &a half for Returns ー

If any thing Shod happen that you should do Other ways than well Your Mate Mr Colvin is to take the Command & follow these Our Orders ー Wishing a Good Voyage & safe Return We are your friend

[Endorsed] The foregoing is a Copy of my Orders which I Shall Indeavour to perform to the best of My Judgmt

James Westcot

[Appended by Nicholas Brown]

A list of those Articles permitted As Contained in the Bond Given in Secrey Office Vizt

Arms, In which is Included

In Case the whole cant be laid out in the Above The proceeds of the Candles, is permitted to be laid Out in

Not permitted to go to any British West Inda Isd PS. Memo[ran]dum Your Owners Will each want a Case of Good Florranc Oil, a Chest of Clarrot & a Ceg of the best Brandy & some [T]ancerins a Bottle or two of Capers, and perhaps as some [of] the Ventures May be Laid Out in the Stipulated Articles wch Amount May be supplyd In [several] Necessarys ー

If Brimstone Cannot be got, but would Advise your sending to Domineco, or wherever it is & get it, if passable, as suppose sum Small Craft May be got Amongst the French to Fetch it but if it Cannot be got I would Advise to Balast with salt if to be had, without going to the ponds After it I am in behalf of your Owners Yrs N B

Feby 17. 1776