In Committee of Correspondence,
Inspection and Safety ー |
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Newburyport 3d October 1776 |
To the Honourable the Council of the State of the Massachusetts, Bay ー May it please your Honours,
The Bearer, Capt George Evans, in the Brign Necessity, was Sent into this port, the 27th Ulto by the privateer Hancock, Capt Wingate Newman of Philadelphia, the Owners of the Privateer have Discharged, Capt Evans & his Brign, he was Bound from Bermudas to Liverpool, in Nova Scotia, Loaded with 2000 Bushels of Salt, five Hhds of Molasses, & twenty Bbs of Limes, he was from thence to Carry Lumber, Masts &c. to Bermuda, his Vessel by the Register Appears to have been Condemned, in an Admiralty Court, at Bermuda, Last March, and is here Reported, to Belong to Mr [David] Beveridge of Philadelphia, Now We Beg your Honrs Direction whether said Capt Evans, shall here Unload, & Sell his Cargo, & whether he shall be permitted, afterwards to Load with any thing, that may be Shipped from hence, to Foreign parts, also Whether your Honrs think it proper Mr Beveridge, should be Informed, of the Vessels being here brot in, & whether you will Order your Secretary, to give this Information, or Leave it to this Committee to do, ー Your Order by the Return of Capt Evans, will be punctually attended to, by your Honors [&c.]
In B[eh]alf & p Order of the Committee
Jacob Boardman, Chairmn, P T
[Endorsed] In Council [Watertown] Octr 8[th] 1776 Read & there-upon Ordered that Benja Austin & Henry Gardner Esqr be a Committee to take the above Petition under Consideration & Reportー
John Avery Dpy Secy