Know all Men by these Presents, That We Gideon Manchester of Providence in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Mariner as Principal, and Willm Tillinghast of Providence aforesaid Merchant as Surety, are held and firmly bound unto the Governor and Company, of the said State in the Sum of Fifteen Hundred pounds Lawful Money, to be paid to the said Governor and Company, for the Use of said State: To which Payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors and Admincstrators, and each of us and them, for and in the whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the Thirtieth Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1776

Now the Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the said Gideon Manchester who is Master of the Ship called the Reynolds and now bound on a Voyage, with said Ship and her Cargo to Curacoa shall in all Things, during and respecting said Voyage, truly observe the Regulations made by the Most Honorable the Continental Congress, and this General Assembly, concerning Trade, and for securing the Observance of such Parts of the Association as are not inconsistent therewith, and shall; within Eighteen Months after the Departure of the said Ship produce to Henry Ward, Esq; Intendant of Trade at Providence, in said State, or to his Successor in said Office, a Certificate from the proper Officers at the Port or Place where the Cargo of the said Ship shall be delivered (provided it be within the United States, and proper Officers are appointed) or otherwise under the Hands and Seals of three or more reputable Merchants residing there, that the same was there unladed, then this Obligation shall be void, or else in full Force.

Sealed and delivered
in the Presence of
Henry Ward Henry Ward junr