Know all Men by these Presents, That I James Parker of the City of New-York, Printer, am Held and firmly bound unto Benjamin Franklin, of the City of Philadelphia Esqr in the Sum of Two Hundred and Thirty-One Pounds, Current Money of Great Britain

To be paid to the said Benjamin Franklin or to his certain Attorney, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns: To which Payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with my Seal: Dated the Fifteenth Day of May in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-seven and in the  Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, &c.

The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above-bounden James Parker, or his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or any of them, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid, unto the above-named Benjamin Franklin, or to his certain Attorney, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, the just and full Sum of One Hundred and Sixty pounds, ten Shillings, Current Money aforesaid, on or before the First Day of January next, with lawful Interest from the Date hereof, and that without any Fraud, or other Delay; then this Obligation to be void, or else to remain in full, Force and Virtue.