Newport [Rhode Island], November 12, 1796. 2pp. 4to. With integral address leaf. Signed as Customs Collector of the Port of Newport to Ray Greene [as Attorney General of Rhode Island], "A libel has been drawn agst the Ship Betsy..." signed, "Wm. Ellery." Lightly toned, small paper wound from excision of seal, but not affecting manuscript, lightly creased, a few negligible paper separations, light horizontal crease traversing signature, light vertical crease touching the signature's first letter. Framed. .