Sir

your being Commander of the priveteer Sloop Diamond our orders and Instructions are that you proceed on a Crews a gainst all Vessels and property belon[g]ing to any and all persons living at aney place under the dominions of the king of Grait Britton or any Vessells and Cargos What. Ever Which you may find bound to or from the Aiding or in Aney manner supplying the Fleet or army Imployed against the United States and that you Send all prizes you may take to this place Under good Commander according to the Value of Such prizes and that the prize Masters Be Verbly orderd to fall in on the Back ot Nantucket or the Vinyards and their go on Shore with his boat if in Want of a pilote and to Come in Between Nantucket & the Vinyard as Being much the savest way and then to proceed to Boazards Bay by Going Through Wood hole or holes & proceed to Bedford or directly hear If he Should have Good Intilleigence of our Coast being Clear or otherwise to send Express as soon as possable advising us of every Gircumstance of Said prizes You are first to Crews on the Bermudos Stations till you may have Reasons [to] think the West India Vessels air Gone by then to proceed of[t] & about Newtoun'dland [after] Fishing Vissels and not to Return home till you have disposed of all the men you Can Spair on Board of prizes or not till your Crews is Exspired paying ー dew attention to Recrute your provissions and stores by every Opporty out of all the Prizes you may take or Other wise by purchase & Drawing on us for the same and you have Liberty in Case you should not finish your Crews sooner to go ot[f] Cannedy River about the Strats of Bellile or of[f] hallifax we advise you Declining to Consort with aney if it Can be Conveneuetly Avoyded ー But if Cannot be well avoyded to a gree to Sheer according to Wright of your Thot We Rucomend your utermost Indeavaur to keep Good orders harmony and Unemeinty [sic] on board During your Whole Crews ー If it Should so happen that you Should be So fortunait as to fall in with some Valuable Vessell & Cargo after a Clear prize you have Sent of[f] all the Hands you Can Spair You have Liberty to take out your guns and from your Sloop & Deliver her to the priseners And Come home on the prize.

Owners John Brown ー William Chase ー Lemuell Wyattー