sir
You are hereby Directed to take Charge of the Sloop [blank] 2 a Cartell fitted out by this State, & with the said sloop proceed Im[me ]diately to Halifax, & there Deliver such prisoners as You C[ar]ry Down there, to Sr Geo Col[li]er or some Person appointed by him as Commissary, with whom You are Athorised to Negotiate the Exchange, And You are Directed if posable to procure the Releasment of as many American prisoners, as You Cary Down British and Also for those Discharged here, & permitted to Depart this State with Capt [John] Jones agreable to their Written Request, now Deliverd You ー and Also for the Crew of the Milfords Tender & others sent at the same time from the State of New hampshire to Rhode Island, in Number about fifty, and for about sixty others Discharged from Plymoth, & permitt[ed] to Go to Ireland under the Care of Capt Jno McDonnell
For these You are Directed to take in Exchange if possible Capts [Williall_l] Burk[e] [Simeon] Sampson, [Walter] Hatch & Parsons, with as many of their officrs & seamen as You Can Procure, or any others belonging to the United states & this State in particular, as may be offerd You. ー
You will observe & follow as near as may be the Instructions Given You by the Councill of this State, And in all Respects Conduct Your self prudently, using the Greatest Economy & Dispatch
[Instructions]
Instructions for Capt Jno Glover, Appointed to Negotiate the Exchange of Prisoners at Halifax. ー
You are to hoist a White Flagg at the masthead of the Sloop [blank] & to Continue it abroad night [&] Day untill you Return to this Place ー
You are to be particularly Carefull that no Cannon, Musket, Pistoll or Fire Arm of any kind, be Recived onboard the ves[sel] whilst she is Considered as a Cartell, a Violation of this Order may posably Accation the Detention of the sloop, and furnish a pretence of Doing an Act of violence under the Assertion that the vessell is fitted for War ー
All prisoners are to be Victualled at two thirds Allowance
A Quiet peacable Demeanour towards the prisoners is Particularly Recomended and to Avoid all Dessentions on board, you are Directed not to make the present unhappy Disputes the subject of your Conversation with them.
It will be Dificult on many Accounts to Lay Down the Exact mode you are to follow in the Exchange, That must be left to your Own Judgement, Observing this that the prisoners are . to be Exchanged for a Like Number of Persons belonging to the New England States giving the preference, however to those of this State if to be had, if not to any other of the American States, who are prisoners under the Directions of Sr Geo Collyer.
You are to make all the Dispatch, that the Nature of the Service will permitt in Returning to this port, with those subjects of the united States of America, whom you may Receive in Exchange, & have a Writen Certificate from the Commissary or other officer appointed to Conduct the Exchange of prisoners
On Your Aryvall at Halifax you are forthwith to Apply to Sr Geo Colyer or other proper offic[e ]r & Deliver the Letter, herewith Deliverd you Directed to him and Exhibit a Coppy of Your Instructions, and Also a list of your Prisoners to the End they may be Exchanged as above.
