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AMERICAN UNITED COLONIES.
In CONGRESS, April 3, 1776.
RESOLVED, That blank commissions for
private ships of war and letters of marque
and reprisal, signed by the President, be sent
to the General-Affemblics, Conventions, and
Councils, or Committees of Safety of the Unit
ed Colonies, to be by them filled up and deliver
ed to the persons intending to fit out such private
£h:ps of war for making captures of Britiffi ves
sels and cargoes, who shall apply for the fame and
execute the bonds, which shall be sent with the
said commiflions, which bonds shall be returned
to the Congress. - '
Resolved, That every person intending to
set forth and fit out a private ship or vessel of war,
and applying for a commission or letter of marque
and reprisal for that purpose, shall produce a
writing fubferibed by him, containing the name
and tonnage er burthen of the ship or vessel, the
number of her guns, with their weight of metal,
the name and place of residence of the ownef or
owners, the names of the commander and other
officers, the number of the cew, and the quan
tity of provifiens and warlike stores ; which writ
ing shall be delivered to the Secretary of Congref,
or to the Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Convention or Council or Committee of Safety
of the colony in which the ship or vessel
shall be, to be transmitted to the said Secretary,
and shall be registered by him. And that the
commander of the ship or vessel, before the com
mission or letters of marque and reprisal may be
granted, shall, together with fufficient sureties,
. seal and deliver a bond in the penalty of five
thousand dollars, if the vessel be of one hundred
tons or under, or ten thousand dollars if of a
greater burthen, payable to the President of the
Congress, in trust for the use of the United Co
lonies, with condition in form following, viz.
" THE condition of the above obligation is
such, that if the above bounden who
is commander of the called • belong
ing to of , in the Colony of
mounting carriage guns, and navi
gated by men, and who hath applied for
a commission or letters of marque and reprisal, to
arm, equip and set forth to sea the said as
a private ship of war, and to make captures of
British veffels,and cargoes, shall not exceed or
transgress the powers and authorities which shall
be contained in the said commission, but shall in
all things observe and conduct himfelf, and go
vern his crew by and according to the fame, and
certain infractions therewith to be delivered, and
filch other infractions as may hereafter be given
to him ; and shall make reparation for all da
mages sustained by any mifeondud or unwarrant
able proceedings of himfelf or the officers or crew
of the said then this obligation shall be void,
©r else remain in force.
" Signed and delivered in the presence of"
Which bond shall be lodged with the said
Secretary @f ( ongrefs.
INSTRUCTIONS to the lommanders of pri
vate flips or vessels of war, which Jhall have
commifons or letters of marque and reprisal,
Authorizing them to make captures of British vej
jels and cargoes.
Bird, V°U may by force of arms attack and
'' subdue, and take all ships and other
vessels belonging to the inhabitants of Great-
Britain on the high seas, or between high water
and low water marks, except ships and vessels
bringing persons, who intend to fettle and reside
in the United Colonies, or bringing arms, ammu
nition or warlike fores to the said Colonies for
the use of such inhabitants thereof as are friends
to the American cause, which you shall fuffer to
pass unmolested, the commander thereof permit
ting a peaceable search and giving fatisfa&ory
Information of the contents of the lading, and
deftinatiofis of the voyages.
Secondly, You may, by force of arms, attack,
subdue and take ships and other vessels whatso
ever carrying foldieis, arms,gunpowder, arnmu-
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nition, provisions, or any other contraband goods,
to any of the British armies or ships of war em
ployed against these colonies.
Thirdly, You shall bring such ships and vessels
as you shall take with their guns, rigging, tackle,
apparel, furniture and ladings, to some conveni
ent port or ports of the United Colonies, that
proceedings may thereupon be had in due form
before the courts whicCT? or shall be there ap
pointed to hear and dr- mine causes civil and
maritime.",
Fifthly, You shall keep and preserve every ship
or veflel and cargo by you taken, until they shall
by sentence of a court properly authorized be ad
judged lawful prize, not felling, spoiling, wafting
or diminishing the fame, or breaking the bulk
thereof, nor fuffering any fueh thing to be done.
Sixthly, If you or any of your officers or crew
fliall in cold blood kill or maim, or by torture or
otherwise cruelly, inhumanly, and contrary to
common usage and tb practice of civilized na
tions in war, treat any person or persons surprised
in the ship or vessel you shall take, the offender
shall be severely punished.
Seventhly, You shall by all convenient oppor
tunities fend to Congress written accounts of the
captures you shall make, with the number and
names of the captives, copies of your journal
frem time to time, and intelligence of what may
occur or be discovered concerning the designs of
the enemy, and the destinations, motions, and
operations of their fleets and armies.
Eighthly, One third, at least, of your whole
company shall be landsmen.
Ninthly, You shall not ransom any prisoners
or captives, but shall dispose of them in such
manner, as the Cong efs, or if that be not fitting
in the Colony whither they shall be brought, as
the General-Assembly, Convention, or Council,
or Committee of Safety of such Coleny fliall
direct.
Fourthly, You, or one of your chief officers,
shall bring or fend the matter and pilot, or one
or more principal person or persons of the com
pany of every ship or vcflel by you taken, as soon
after the capture as may be, to the Judge or
Judges of such court as aforefaid, to be examined
upon oath and make answer to the interrogatories
which may be propounded touching the interest
or property of the ship or vessel and her lading,
and at the fame time you shall deliver, or cause
to be delivered to the fudge or Judges all pafles,
sea briefs, charter parties, bills of lading, cockets,
letters, and other documents and writings found
onboard, proving the said papers by the affidavit of
yourfelf or of some other person prefentat thecap
ture, to be produced as they were received, without
fraud, addition, fubdu&ion, or embezzlement.
ONE hundred acres of land in the Second
pa-sh in Lencafter, or a left quantity, as the purchaser pleafee,
lying a mile and quarter north of the meeting.hr use, upon the'
county-road; fifteen acres under improvement for mowing end
pasturing ; a fine, large brook, that never fails, running through
the mowing ground, and the unimproved land, well wooded and
timbered, and near to a saw-mill and grist-min. For further par
ticulars, enquire of the fubferiber, in said parish.
La-c fter, May 4 1776. J^HN MELLEN.
THvs, estates of Thomas Oliver, Jonathan
Sewall, and otbere (in tie town of Cambridge) are to be leafed out
by the Committee of Correspondence for said town, for the te-m of
one year, if applied to berefe before the gib of May ensuing ; other
wise they wil be leafed by public vendue, at the boufe former ly oc
cupied by ,obn Vafell. on the jfid tyb of May.
By order of said Committee,
ANDREW BORDMAN, Clerk,
Cambridge, April 2,,
Tenthly, You shall observe all such farther in
ftrudions as Congress shall hereafter give in the
premises, when you shall have notice thereo'.
Eleventhly, If you shall do any thing contrary
to these inftru&ions, or to others hereafter to be
given, or willingly fuffer such thin^ to be done,
you shall not only forfeit your commission, and
be liable to an action for breach of the condition
of your bond, but be responsible to the party
grieved for damages sustained by such malver
fation. Extract from the minutes,
Charles Thomson, Secretary.
To be SOLD, cheap for cash or short credit,
1 To by SOLD for want of employ only,
A NEGRO V\ OMAN, of about 27 years
of age. E quire of he printer.,
A few cases of left Holland GIA—
Those who wantto pr ch fe. red fire; to *[[l, to Lie Mr. Curtis
Wanted immediately,
A MAN feivant in a family in Boflon,
who undtrftands t; kitg care of hoifes, a gateto, and to tend
table, &c. Such an one may hear of a good place, by requiring
of the printer. A ! f<wanted, a M io- Sm,rt in the ;in> tft truly.
None need to apply uobb they can be well recommended for
,hei± honefly good nature and cleanlincfi.
To be SOLD at iVbLIC VENDLS, on ilc S.x<n u., vs
June next, at Nine o'clock, P. M. at the boufe of M .
Jeremiah Whittemore, innholder, in Spencer,
A FAR M, being in the North part of
Spencer, containing ico ceres of land, with a house tire butt,, and
cyder-mill house thereto, with af^ orchard, well arctnmc
dared with mowing, pit uflitog,piw'rg end wood land; plte
fantly faulted, one toile and a half firm the meeting- Loufr.
Enquire of Beulah Ball, acminJbatrix on said efface.
Spencer, April 30, 1776.
TQ B~E so"l'b; "
A Thousand wt. of good FLAX, well
packed in hogfheeda, it applied for soon, by
LEWIS ALLE N,
in Snr ewsbvry.
ALL perlons who have any den-anus on
the efface of Capt. Elihu Adams, late of Braintree, deccafed,
are defined to being in their icevunte to Thankful Adams,
cf Braintree, admiaiftratrix ; and all these iocebted to faio efface,
are desired to m^ke .fpe # y payment. Braintree. April 30, 1776,
"LnruTTri^
Just, arrived from Philadelphia and Net Yv/h, and to be fold
wholtefale and retail, for cash only, by Bl \IMMER and
JONES, at their shop in Marlborough-fleet B< ft n,
AN affortrnent of Drugs and Medicines':
Also, allum, copperas, redder, ngill, ground re^wi<-% nd fan
cert.oil vitriol,f It petre. fl fcr I, ground greer, ratter fore, &f,
"Fresh drugs and medicibis.
Just opened, a torplert flottment cf the freffiefl DRUGS and
MEDICINES, and to be fold by
JONATHAN WALDO,,
at hit apothecary 's store, at the LYON and MQRTAIt,
King-ficeet, Salem ; am&ng which are, the troft a,proved pa
tentee medicinal, pocket cafe# of furgeonsirfhurc enta, lancets &<.
N. B. The goodnefa of the above artielei will prove a fvfficient
recommendation tothofe who p^eafe t^»t)<rh?fr them.
RAN away from Amala Davis, of Marl
borough, a Negro b y, named JACK, about 18 ytm of age, §
feet 4or 5 inches high, well set, fonki good Englfh ; had one
when he went away, a red mill baier jeck t, the fl+evee newer than
the body, nankeen waistcoat and breechea, white wcu ftrd ftotk
ingt; the warl on hie head combed in taste. Whoever tikti up
said Negro Jack, and bringi him to Marlborough, fhJI h-vc
FOUR DOLLARS reward, and all necessary charges, paid by
AMASA DAVIS.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of
James Fosdick, late of B< stun, paver, deceased, ate crfired to
nuke payment ; and all to whom the lain estate is indebted, are
desired to apply to Nathaniel Fosdick, of Ecff&n, and
Ebenezer Fotler, of Mufyehead, executors of the fmh
Boston, May 2, 1776.
IMrORIED in the course of the Est Winter, and tc ,be 1, id by
JOHN WINTHROP, jun. at Ifeich, and STEPHEN
BRUCE, at h< 6 store in King-street, Boston,
CHOICE new rice, Surinam and Island
mohffes, cocoa, ofi, cotton of a superior quality, fugare, Weft-
If aa and New-England rum, lemmone, ia 6nt, Mal,, and
L fbon wine, jar oil, Rtffii and Ravena duck, ticklinbutgr,
Spanish Indigo, and Philadelphia fl or ; also, a few piccea fine
white striped dimity; butter by the fikin, cheese, &c. sc.
JOSHUA BLANCHARD-
At hie WINE-CELLAR, on Dock Square,'
Hath for sale,
LISBON, Teneriffe, Malaga and Fyal
WINE; some choice old MedtiA wine in bottles ; Weft-India
and New-England rum, and fine old spirit.
N. B. A second-hand chaise and chair to fell, at MoWJliim
Hewfee', chaise-maker, oppe fire the Qo tku meeting,
WHEREAS Simeon Huchings, jun. of
Arundel, did inlift into the Continental feivice, under the com
mand of Silas Wild, in Col. Phiney's regiment, tod has been ab
fent|from his company and duty ever fiore the frflof February
left, end flill refuse to return to hie duty, in defiance of the re
gulations of Aid army 1 Any perform that will brirg th, said
Simeon to his company, at Bi flon, fir II be paid FIVE DOL
LARS reward, and all otctfoy charges.
N. B. Selt&men and Committee of Correfyondence in Arun
del are d<6red to fend the Gid Simeon to head quarter Yin Beltons
Campin Bfon, April 13th, 1 ~„
DEbER 1 ED from Col. Edmund Phiney'^
regiment, and Capt. Fart Williams's company, on the 13th off
April, STACY BLUSH, belonging to Barnflablc ; 0/ dark
complexion, Ihort black hair, about 5 feet 9 inches high.—And
also, JEREMIAH CLARK, fcid he came frem Connec
ticut ; of dark complexion, about 5 feet 8 inches high ; he it
about 21 year# of age ; had on when he went away, a clo:h«co
lored regimental coat, turned up with white bright button!, nod
a red waistcoat. Whoever shall takeup said deserters, or either
of them, shall be handfemely rewarded by me,
Bo,on, A P ril 2 3 , i 77 6, HART° WILLIAMS, Cap^
(Numb. 404.)