To Capt Walter Hatch of the Sloop Nance owned by Colll Elisha Downs
You are hereby Desired to Deliver sd Sloop in Dartmouth where she now is & Not remove nor brake bulk by Any Means Untill you hear from the Committee of Supplys for this Government & hall the Vessell into the Most Secure place passable Any failure herein Will incur the Displeasure of the Committee of Supplys of the Congress Am Sr [&c]
Joshua Davis
Plimouth June 6th 1775
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 205.
