We the Subscribers request your Excellency to grant a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal to George Wanton Commander of the Private Schooner of War called the Barton of which we are Owners. She is burthened about Sixteen Tons, carries Ten Swivel Guns manned with Twenty five Men and fitted with a suitable Quantity of Muskets Cutlasses Pistols Powder Ball and other military Stores. She hath on board Two bbls Beef & Pork, two Casks Bread &c. [blank] Potter is First Lieutenant Bennet Negroes is Second Lieutenant and Gilbert Sisson is Master of said Schooner. We are with great respect Sir [&c.]