Sir,

We the Subscribers all of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island Merchants request your Honor to grant a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal to John Warner Commander of the Sloop Yankee Ranger, of which we are Owners; She is burthened about Twenty five Tons carries Four Carriage Guns Two Pounders and Six Swivel Guns, manned with Twenty five Men, and fitted with a suitable Quantity of Muskets Blunderbusses, Cutlasses, Pistols, Powder Ball and other Military Stores. She hath on board Ten barrels of Beef and Pork, Eighteen Hundred Weight of Bread with some Flour, Rice, Beans, Pottatoes, &c. Holiman Warner is First Lieutenant, John Kilton Second Lieutenant, and Daniel Simons Master. We are with great Respect [&c.]