To the Hon. Council of the State of Massachusetts Bay.
Humbly Shews
Daniel Fox that he some time since arriv'd at Falmouth in Casco Bay in the Sloop called the St Croix Packet from the Island St Croix with a Cargo of Rum Sugar Salt Cloth Warlike Stores &c. — with a part of which Cargo he has procur'd a Cargo of Lumber & Fish for the Sloop Friendship, burthen about one hundred Tuns James Dilworth Master bound for St Croix, which Vessel was ready to sail clear'd out at the Naval Office in said Falmouth two Days before the Resolve of Court for the general Embargo arriv'd —
Also a Cargo of Masts Spars & some Boards for the Brigantine Squirrel, burthen about one hundred & forty Tons Jonathan Paine Master bound for France —
Also a Cargo of Boards & Hoops for the sd Sloop St Croix Packet, burthen about sixty Tons Seth Hinkley Master bound for St Croix — And humbly prays that the Hon Council wou'd permit the abovemention'd Vessels to sail with their respective Cargoes to the places of their destination. And your Petitioner as in Duty bound will ever pray —
Boston Decr 23. 1776
[Endorsed] Council Chamber Decr 23d 1776
To the Naval Officer of the Port of Falmouth permit the Sloop Friendship, of about one hundd tons Burthen, bound to St Croix, whereof James Dilworth is master, loaded with Lumber and Fish — also the Brigantine Squirrel, burthen about an hundd and forty tons loaded with Masts, Spars, and Boards, bound for France, of which Jonathan Paine is Master — also the Sloop St Croix Packet, whereof Seth Hinkley is Master loaded with Boards and Hoops, bound for St Croix to proceed on th[ei]r sd Voyages the Masters of wich giving Bond, that they will import in sd Vessels, West India Produce, Cloathing and military Stores the Dangers of the Seas and Enemy excepted. —
Jno. Avery Dpy Secy