The Board took into consideration the protest of X'pher Yeoman, Master, and Wm Stonehouse, Carpenter, of the Favourite Transport, inclosed in Mr [John]Wilkinsons Letter of the 1st instant, desiring a Bill to be made out for the said Ship according to the Deptford Officers Valuation, and it appearing by the said protest that their parting with the Convoy was by bad Weather, and that her being taken by the Privateer was unavoidable, having no Guns to defend the Ship All which Circumstances being confirmed by the Master of the said Transport, who attended the Board upon the subject, The Board think it therefore unnecessary to put the Owners to the trouble & expence of procuring any further proof by a Court Martial or otherwise, and do direct that Bills be made out for her Freight to the day she was taken, and for the Value of her according to what is stipulated in the Charter party, after a proper Abatement shall be made for her Wear &Tear during the time she was in the Service, and a Bill of Sale of her shall be made to his Majesty, to enable the Board to property in her in case she should be retaken.
Give a Copy to Mr Davies
Write to Deptford Officers for their Valuation of her. ²