State of the Massachusetts Bay — |
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To the Honble House of Representatives
& the Honble Council of said State in
General Court assembled Febry [1] 1777.2 |
The Petition of Thomas Stillwell of Taunton in the County of Bristol, Mariner, humbly shews —
That your petitioner hath for some time past been employed in the service of this State on board the Brigg, called the Freedom of which John Clouston is Master, in the capacity of a Pilot, & being so on board, at the taking of a Brigg called the Unice, he was put on board said Brig, as a prize Master, to carry the said Brig into the first convenient Port in possession of the United States, which said Brigg by this Honble Court was afterwards adjudged to be American Property, & acquitted accordingly. And whereas your petitioner was at many necessary charges attending said Vessel, particularised in the underwritten Account, he begs as he has not received as yet any equivalent therefor, that it might be taken into Your Honors consideration & he may be reimbursed his Charges, &your Petitioner further shews that he billetted himself for thirteen weeks before the sailing of said Brigg, that the allowance granted to every other man on board said Brigg, for billeting was twelve shillings pr Week: he therefore prays also your Honors would take this Matter into consideration & order him such a sum as .shall be an adequate Compensation for the Premisses — And as in duty Bound shall ever pray