State of Rhode Island &c.
Sir

I send by the Cartel Vessel, Five Prisoners Seamen who lately belonged to the Grey-Hound Man of War, they were sent to me by the Commissary of Prisoners in the State of the Massachusets Bay in order to be exchanged for John Turney, Thomas Robins, John Tar, —— Flint, & James Macom Inhabitants of the Massachusets, who were Captivated by the Milford Frigate, & put on board the Renown Ship of War, — I should be extremely obliged to you, to cause the above Named Five Persons to be released, & sent up by the Cartel. I am Sir [&c.]