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Committee of Publication

GEORGE FOOT MOORE

CHESTER NOYES GREENOUGH

HENRY WINCHESTER CUNNINGHAM

GARDNER WELD ALLEN

WORTHINGTON CHAUNCEY FORD

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IN CONGRESS.

The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New-Hampfbire, Maffachuset 11-
Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle,
Kent and Suffex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia,
TO All unto whom these Presents fhall come, fend GREETING: KNOW YE

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HAT we have granted, and by these Presents do grant Licence and Authority to
on Mariner, Commander of theooner called rose American of the Burthen of Visa
Tons, or thereabouts, belonging to Kavad lathorne Benz Protein, Miles Geweedsof
alem in the
Colony of tudineclif
Carriage Guns, and navigated by Lighty Men,
to fit out and set forth the faid in a warlike Manner, and by and with the faid Schochet and
the Crew thereof, by Force of Arms, to attack, seize, and take the Ships and other Veffels belonging to the
Inhabitants of Creat-Britain, or any of them, with their Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Ladings, on the
High Seas, or between high-water and low-water Marks, and to bring the fame to fome convenient Ports in
the faid Colonies, in Order that the Courts, which are or shall be there appointed to hear and determine
Causes civil and maritime, may proceed in due Form to condemn the said Captures, if they be adjudged law-
ful Prize; the faida that having given Bond, with fufficient Sureties, that Nothing be done
or any of the Officers, Mariners or Company thereof contrary to, or
inconsistent with the Usages and Customs of Nations, and the Instructions, a Copy of which is herewith
delivered to him. And we will and require all our Officers whatsoever to give Succour and Assistance to the
faid Dal ther in the Premies.
in the Premises. This Commission shall continue in Force until the Congress
shall issue Orders to the Contrary,
By Order of the Congress,

by the faid

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Dated at Watertown

PRESIDENT.

A Privateersman's Commission

See pages 49, 306

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