To the Sheriff of the County of Worcester his under sheriff or deputy, Greeting
You are hereby ordered forthwith to remove Su.ch Seamen who are prisoners, mentioned in the schedule Annexed amountg to six — in number, if they are found within your precinct, directly to the Town of Marble: head in the County of Essex there to be delivered to the Sheriff of the Said County of Essex his under Sheriff or deputy, or to the Committee appointed to Negotiate the Exchange of Prisoners, together with a Copy of this precept and if you have in your Custody any other Sailors or Seamen not mentioned in t;his Schedule, you are to remove them also adding their names to the Schedule, & you are to observe those Marines in your Custody are not to be sent wth the Seamen; And should the Cartel have Sailed before you arrive at Marblehead, you are to deliver these prisoners to the Sheriff of the County of Essex, or his under Sheriff who is hereby ordered to receive the same into his Custody hereof fail not and make return of this precept with your doings hereon into the Secretarys office —
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 166, 74.
