[Boston] Thursday February 13th 1777
Petition of Sturgis Gorham 2 praying for Liberty to send a Vessel with a Cargo of Lumber &c to the Island of St Peters & import the proceeds in the produce of said Island Ordered that the Prayer of the within Petiton be so fargranted as that the Petitioner have & he hereby has Liberty to send his said Vessel to St Peters in Newfoundland whereof is Master Edward Snow provided said Vessel carry none of the Articles prohibited by a Resolve. of the 5th February instant he giving Bond that he will import a Cargo of Duck, Salt and Cordage in his said Vessel into this State.
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 20, 259, 260.
2. Mass. Arch., vol. 166, 243.