of the State of New York
[Jacobu]s Van Zandt Lewis Pintard & Co agents
[New York Pro]vincial Congress vizt
[The sloop N]ancey, John Harrison Mastr which said Sloop w[as]
order of the Provincial Congress, from Joseph Hallet & Co to Bourdeaux, and to return the said Sloop ー in any po[rt] [or harbor], between Cape Henlopen and Roade Island, This [sloop procee]ded to Bourdeaux, and their compleated her loading, with [powder] &c for the use of the State, But on her return to [America] The Captain for prundential Motives - proceeded [with] Sloop and Cargo to St Eustatious ー ware on his arivel [he had i]ntelligence, that our Coast was Crowded with Men [of war] [and P]riveteers, for which reason, and for the Safety of the Cargo [decided] to Reship, the said Sloop Nancy Cargo, in Two Armed [vessels] to the Continent, ware th [e] y safely Arived ー and [placed the] powder &c ー in the hands of the Provincial Congress, [and left the] Sloop in the hands of Messrs Thomas & Ashburne [at St Eus]tatious, which Vessell Thomas & Ashburne has dispoused [of by] Orders ー and remited to Grant & Fine the proceeds, [which they] receaved ー as pr Acct at footー
