Permit the Sloop Rainbow Samuel Perkins Master with his Crew, consisting of Two Hands, to Pass from the Harbour of Boston to Damascotay in Ballast.
M: Shuldham
Given under my hand on board His Majesty's Ship Chatham off Boston 15th February 1776 ー
To The Respective Captains & Commanders of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in North America By Command of the Admiral ー Edwd Bragge/.
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 194, 254.