[Exeter] Saturday, Sept. 14th 1776
Whereas Capt. Lionel Bradstreet is now a State Prisoner in this State (lately commander of the Nelly Frigate lately taken & bro't into the Port of Piscataqua by two Continental Armed vessels,)
Voted that he have leave and be Permitted to depart this State, & re-pair to Boston or to Maryland or Virginia or any Port or place on this Continent in order to get a passage home to his Family in Great Britain. Sent up by Mr. Cutts. [Concurred].
1. Bouton, ed., Documents and Records of New Hampshire, VIII, 335.