Know all Men by these Presents that We John Rowe Esqr in behalf of the Owners of the Private Vessel [of] War called the Phoenix & Joseph Cunning ham Commander of said Vessel [of] War, both of Boston in the County of Suffolk &State of the Massachusetts Bay areholden&stand firmly bound & obliged unto Henry Gardner Esqr Treasurer & Recr General of said State in the full & just Sum of Two Thousand Pounds to be paid to the said Henry or his Successor in Office to & for the use of the said State, to the which Payment well &truly to be made, We bind Ourselves, or Heirs Execrs & Admnrs firmly by these Presents, Sealed with our Seals, dated this Ninth Day of July Ann: Dom: 1777 —

The Condition of this present Obligation is such, that whereas the Great & General Court of the State aforesaid on the nineteenth day of April last, in &by a Certain Resolve allowing Private Persons to fit out Vessels of War, did among other Things restrict them from Shipping on board said Vessels of War any Inhabitant of any of the New England States other than the State of Massachusetts Bay — If therefore the above bounden John & Joseph shall not inlist or take on board the said Vessel of War, any in­ habitant of any of the New England States, other than the State of Massa­chusetts Bay aforesaid, then this Obligation to be null & void, otherwise to remain in full Force.