Text in the hand of William Williams, son-in-law and aide to Governor Trumbull. Ezekiel Williams was William Williams' brother. Docketed on verso of integral leaf: Commiss[ion] from ye Govr to app[oin]t officers for prison ship Authorizes the deputy commissary of prisoners to appoint guards and officers for a prison ship in the Norwich River and to charge attendant costs to the United States. Unidentified watermark similar to #256 in Gravell, T. Foreign watermarks.