I John Harper of the City of Philadelphia Master of the Ship Reprisal, Lambert Weeks [Wickes] Commander being bound on a Cruize considering the Uncertainty of this transitory Life, do make and declare these Presents to contain my last Will and Testament: that is to say, I give and bequeath unto my Loving Brothers James Harper and Ruben Harper all my Prize Money due me from said Ship and Wages & Prize Money that hereafter may become due Also all my Prize Money that is due me from the Hornett Sloop of War William Stone then Commander ー and all the rest of my Estate, real & Personal, wherewith at the Time of my Decease I shall be possessed or invested, or which shall belong, or of Right appertain unto me, I do give, devise & bequeath unto my said Brothers James Harper & Ruben their Heirs & Assigns for ever to be equally divided between them Share & Share alike ー And I do hereby nominate and appoint my Trusty & loving Friend William Davis of the said City Merchant to be the Executor of this my last Will & Testament, hereby revoking all forper Wills and Testaments by me made, and do declare this to be my last Will. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal, this Sixteenth Day of October Annoque Domini, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six.

Signed, Sealed, & Declared to be the last Will and Testament of him the said John Harper in the presence of Lambt. Wickes ー Allen Mooreー