Colony of the
Massachusetts-Bay |
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By the major Part of the Council |
To the Sheriff of the County of Plymouth, his Under Sheriff or Deputy ー
Greeting. ー
You are hereby ordered & directed to take into your Custody, all the Prisoners lately taken in the Sloop Sally (excepting the Woman) and brought into Plymouth, & now within your Precinct; and them & each of them (excepting as aforesaid) commit to the Goal in Plymouth in the sd County of Plymouth, to be held in close confinement, 'till the further Order of the major part of the Council ー Hereof fail not at your peril; ー & make return of your Doings herein unto us, as soon as may be ー Given under our Hands at the Council Chamber in Watertown, the 13th Day of November in the sixteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign Annoque Domini 1775 ー
By their Honors' Command
| Perez Morton Dpy Scy |
James Otis |
M Farley |
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W Spooner |
J Palmer |
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Caleb Cushing |
S Holton |
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Joseph Gerrish |
Jabez Fisher |
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John Whitcomb |
John Taylor |
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James Prescott |
Moses Gill |
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Eldad Taylor |
B Lincoln |
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B White |
[Endorsed] Plymo November 14, 1775
In obedience to the within order of Council I have taken into Custody & Committed to the Goal in Plymouth the following prisoners, from on board the within named Sloop Sally Viz George Middleton, John Cockran, Benjamin Murphy & James Middleton a black ー
Nathan Nye the Deputy Shff for the County of Plymouth
fee 15s 0d
[Second endorsement] In Council Decr 6th 1775 Read & ordered to be entered on the files of Council ー Perez Morton Dpy Secy
