Shipped by the grace of God, in good order and well conditioned, by Jas. Smith, in and upon the good schooner pilot boat called the Lovely Lass, whereof is master, under God, for this present voyage and now riding at anchor in the roads of St. Eustatia and by God's grace bound for Philadelphia or some port in North America, to say, ten half barrels, containing fivehundred weight of gunpowder, on the proper account and risk of the shipper, and consigned to Mr. Joseph Donaldson, merchant, Philadelphia, or to such committee or council of safety as may be appointed at ariy other port she arrives at, being marked and numbered as in the margin, and to be delivered in the like good order, and well conditioned, at the aforesaid port of Philadelphia, &c. (the danger of the seas only excepted) unto Joseph Donaldson, or such committee or council of safety or to their assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods settled already with primage and average accustomed. In witness whereof, the master or purser of the said schooner 'hath affirmed to 3 bills of lading, all of this tenor and date; the one of whichthree bills being accomplished, the other two to stand void. And so God send the good schooner to her desired port in safety ー Amen.
Dated at St. Eustatia, June 29, 1776.
