Know all Men by these Presents That we Charles Wolfe Stephen Smith, Frank ,Anthony De Wolfe, Josiah Finney and Isaac Gorham all of Bristol in the County of Bristol and Colony of Rhode Island &c. Merchants are held and firmly bound unt0 Joseph Clarke Esquire General Treasurer of the said Colony in the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds Lawful Money to be paid to the said Joseph Clarke in his said Capacity or to his Successors in said Office for the Use of the said Colony To which Payment well and truly.to. be made we bind Ourselves Our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these Presents. Sealed with Our Seals. Dated the Fourth Day of April in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six.
Whereas the said Charles De Wolfe Stephen Smith, Frank-Anthony De Wolfe, Josiah Finney-and Isaac Gorham have equipped the Sloop HaJ7,nah burthened' about ~hirty Tons whereof Timothy Ingraham is Master and have obtained-Permission of the Honorable Nicholas Cooke 'Esquire Governor of the said Colony for him the saidTimothy ー Ingraham-to proceed with the said Sloop and lier Cargo to the Island of Santa Croix to purchase Powder and other Military. Stores &c., Now therefore the Condition of this Obligation .inuch. That if the said, Timothy; Ingraham shall well and truly lay out the whole Proceeds of the Cargo on board the. said Sloqp in, Gun Powder, Salt Petre, Sulphur, Duck, or Arms, and shall import the same into this or any other of the United Colonies'in America, the Danger of the Sea and of the Enemy only excepted and also further excepting .that in Case the said Timothy Ingraham shall not be able to invest the whole Proceeds of his Cargo in the Articles above mentioned that then he shall be permitted to lay out and bring back the remainder in Paper Ozenbriggs, Tincklenburgh, Lead, Flints, Twine, German Steele, Cotton Linnen or Woolen Cloths, Jesuits Bark or Rhubabrb and shall also lodge a true Account or Manifest of his Cargo in the Office of the Secretary of the said Colony within three Days after the Return of said Sloop: and further shall not during said Voyage proceed or go to any of the English Islands in the West Indies, or to any Port or Place contrary to the Contine.ntal Asso~iation (the Danger of the Sea and Seizure by an Enemy always excepted) then this Obligation shall be void pr else in full Force.
Charles D'Wolfe
Sealed and DeVvered William Carlis in.the Presence of . } William Mumford
