Sir/ 

as I am now bound on a Cruce in the Briggt^n. Favorite,¹ In Case I should be so Fortunate as to Send any Prizes into Connecticutt or Rhode Island State I would have you take the Charge and Directions of my & M^r. Patrick Moores Part, & keep in your hands Untill further Orders

[Enclosure]

Boston May 11^th. 1778—

For the Consideration of One Thousand Pounds L Money² and a Certain House and Land Adjoining to S^d House in N Londⁿ Late the Rev^d. M^r. Woodbrige I do by the Presents sell sett over and deliver to the Nathaniel Shaw Jun^r. One Eighth part of the Briggt^n. Favorite now in this Port to gather with One ⅛ of all the Stores Requisite of a for a Six Months Cruce Against the Enemys of the United States, and I do hereby warrant the S^d ⅛ of the S^d Brigg to the S^d. Shaw well fitted for S^d Purpose free of all Demands att the time of Sailing on a Cruce—

John Lamb