We the Subscribers Do hereby severally Acknowledge ourselves Inlisted on Bord the Armed Ship belonging to the Free State of Connecticut under Command of Capt Wm Coit and Such other Officers as are or shall be from Time to Time Appointed to the Several Departments and Duties on Bord said Ship in Defence of the Rights & Liberties of the United States of North America in General & of Connecticut in Particular subject to Do the Duties of our Respective Places on bord and Obey the Commands of all Officers Superior to us on bord said Ship untill the first Day of May 1777 unless Soon[e]r Discharged by Proper Authority. During which Time we agree to Obey the Commands of our Officers and Do the Duties of our Several Places on Bord under the Laws & Regulations of the Naval Service of said State of Connecticut which shall be Similar in Substance .to those of the United States aforesd and for the Wages allowed & Agreed upon P Month as severally Annexed to our Names In Witness Whereof we have hereunto Set our Handsー