Jas Williams on Behalf of himself & others (Vizt Jas Williams William Hammond, Thos Russell & Statia Hepburn), applies for a Letter of Marque for the Schooner Beggars Benison, about Ten Tons Burthen, Commanded by Thos Steel — Mounting two three Pounders, & two four Pounders Carriage Guns, two Blunderbusses, & three Muskets Thirty Pounds Pouder, one Hundred & Fifty Pound Shott with three Months provision as Witness my Hand this 7th Day of July 1777
Jas Williams
1. Papers CC (Ships' Bonds Required for Letters of Marque and Reprisal, 1776-83), 196, I, 103, NA.