I think proper to certifye that Mr Thos Stone whom I have appointed Commissary for the Exchange of Prisoners, is at the same Time Commander of the Pacific Sloop, & has also the Direction of the Hostage Cartel Schoonerー
Given on board the Rainbow 22d Octr 1776 [at Halifax]
Geo Collier
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 8. 104.
