To Esek Hopkins Esqr Commander in Chief of the Continental Fleet ー The Petition of Joseph Hinson
Sheweth
That your Petitioner is Master of the Brigt Christianna, off and from St. Thomas's (an Island subject to his Danish Majesty) bound to New Orleans in the River Missisippi and put into this port about a fortnight past in a leaky Condition; That he obtain'd leave of the then Governor and Officers of the Customs of these Islands to repair his Vessel but was oblig'd to Wharehouse his Goods under Restriction of Exporting them again they being all foreign Manufacture and prohibited by the Laws then in force ー Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays your leave by a written Order for the disposal of said Goods to enable him to Repair his said Vessel and prosecute his Owners intentions therein. & as in duty bound will ever pray &c
Bahama Islands
New Providence March 7th 1776 ー
