Hartford May 16, 1775
Received of William Thompson Thirty One pounds ten shillings Sterling Money which I promise to deliver to Capt James Packwood2 Master of my Schooner Macaroni, bound from New London for the West Indies, and to give Directions to said Packwood to lay out the same in purchase of good Gun Powder at the lowest price he can buy it, to be brought back in said Schooner for Accot of said Thompson, for which he is to allow said Packwood five P Cent Commission and to pay at the Rate of [blank] for the Freight of every hundred Weight
1. Shaw Collection, Packet No. 3, YUL.
2. Although the receipt states "James", the master of the Macaroni was "William" Packwood.
