To the Honnorible The Councal and House of Representitivs of the Coloney of the Massachusitts at Watertown assembld or boston

the Memorial of the Commitee of Inspection for Deer island in the County of lincoln humbly Sheweth ー that wheare as your Memrst Did in the Mounth of August last Teake in Custidity the Sloop Saley and the Schoner Nightingill the Property of Nathan Jones and Jonathan Rich for being Imployed as we aprihended Contreary to the Resolvs of Congress ー and Wheareas your Memrst Did in the mounth of Septr Meake aplication to This honorible Court for theire orders on Said Vessils and Whearas the Seame Was obtaind at a Verey Exrcordenery Expence by a Resolve of the honorible house Detaining Said Vessils under the Cear of Sd Commitee until the farther order of this honobl: Court and Whearas your Memrst aprihend that They Can do Nothing more or less With Regard to Sd Vessils as also about 90 quantles of fish wch was the Cargo of the Schoner Nightingill and Meade on this Island and as your Memrst are in formd there is no Record Meade of Sd Resolv having ben Serch for by the Sd Jones last Winter with intent to Teake advantege thereby ー and Whearas your Memorialists Detaind Said Vessils from no other Motive but to Prevent Fread of that Neature which we aprihend Was Consideribly affected thereby in this part of the Coloney and as Corst as Was before Mentioned has been Great as also heaving the Concorance of this honorible Court in the Detaintion of Sd Vessils on the Evidance Meade to apeare against them

We your Memrsts humbly Pray your honors Speedy orders on the Sd Primeses & your Memrsts as in Duty bound will Every Pray &c

[Endorsed] In the House of Representatives June [blank] 1776 Resolved that where as the Committee of Safty and Correspondence of Dear Island Did on or About the 30th Day of August Last take Into Custody the Schoner Nightengale Supposed the Property of Jonahan Rich that the sd Committee be and they hereby are Directed to Detain and take proper Care of Said Schoner Nightengale until the further order of this Court²