Know all Men by these Presents That I John Brown of Providence in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Merchant, am held and firmly bound unto Joseph Clarke Esqr. General Treasurer of said State, in the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds Lawful Money to be paid unto the said Joseph Clarke or to his Successors in said Office for the Use of said State To which Payment well and truly to be made I bind myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with my Seal. Dated the First Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Seven.

Whereas Joseph Tillinghast Master of the Sloop Polly owned by the said John Brown is permitted by a Resolve of the Council of War of this State, to sail with said Sloop for Port Dauphin in Hispaniola with a Cargo of Fish, Onions, and Hoops. Now the Condition of this Obligation is such That if the said Joseph Tillinghast shall proceed with said Sloop and her Cargo to Hispaniola and shall within Eighteen Months after the Departure of said Sloop lodge in either of Intendants Offices within this State, Certificates from the Proper Offices there in Case any be established or otherwise under the Hands and Seals of three reputable Merchants residing there that the Cargo of said Sloop was there unladed, and shall in all other respects during said Voyage comply with the Regulations and Restrictions which Vessels have heretofore been permitted to sail by said Council of War, and further if the Owner or Owners of said Sloop shall upon her Return give the Refusal of her Cargo to this State, then this Obligation shall be void or else in full Force.

Sealed and delivered in the Presence of

Wm Tillinghast Elka Watson