Know all Men by these presents that We John Hobby and Obe Hubbs both of George Town in the County of Lincoln, Merchants, are holden and stand firmly bound unto the Provincial Congress now setting for the Province of Massachusets Bay, or to their Successors, or any person that shall be appointed by the People for the Head of the Province aforesd in the Sum of Two thousand pounds to be paid to the said Congress or their Successors as aforesd to which payment well and truly to be made, We bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors and Administrators firmly by these presents, Sealed with our Seals dated the fourth day of May Anno Domini, Seventeen hundred and Seventy five.
The Conditions of the above obligation is such that Whereas John Bernard Esqr has been taken by, and now is in Custody of Coll Samuel Thompson as a suspected Enemy to the rights of America, Now if the above bounden John Hobby & Obe Hubbs shall keep the said John in safe Custody till he shall be released by order of the provincial Congress, and that the said John shall not either by himself or any [person] for or under him, remove his Vessel from Long reach in Kennebeck River & shall not write to any of the Officers of the Army or Navy for Protection or against the Country, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to be in force.
