By the Viscount Howe, Vice Admiral of the White and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed and to be employed in North America.
In Pursuance of an Act passed in the second Session of the present Parliament, entitled, "an Act to prohibit all Trade and Intercourse with the several Colonies therein mentioned," I do hereby license, authorise, and permit Mr Peter Bryson, Master of the Prize Sloop Sachem,2 taken by His Majesty's Ship the Perseus, of the Burthen of Sixty Tons, armed with Four Guns and two Swivels and· navigated by six Men, to proceed in the said Sloop from hence to Cadiz, and to return from thence to this Port, with a Cargo of Wine and Fruit for the Use of His Majesty's Fleet and Army em ployed in North America. This License to be in Force for two Months from the day of her departure from Cadiz.
Given under my Hand and Seal, onboard His Majesty's Ship the Eagle, off New York, the Twentieth day of June 1777 —
By Command of the Vice Admiral Josh Davies
Note. If any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, other than Wine and Fruit for the Use of His Majesty's Fleet and Army as aforesaid, shall be found on board the Sloop for which this License is granted, on her Return from Cadiz, (the necessary Stores for the Sloops Use, and the Baggage of the Passengers, only excepted) the said Goods, Wares &c: shall be forfeited, seized and prosecuted as the said Act directs.
