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11 (9) 16.5 0 Know all men by these presents, that I Paul Allistree late of Boston now bound for the Island of Bar- bados doe owe & am indebted unto Mr. James Astwood of Boston aforesd mercht the full summe of eighty sixe pounds
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sterl wch summe I the sd Paul doe bind my selfe Executora & Administrators to pay or cause to be pa unto the sd James or to his Assignes at the Barbados in good Muscavado sugar at fyve pence p pound as doth amount to the sd summe of eighty six pounds at some convenient storehouse, but in case of non paymt at Barbados then I the sd Paul doe bind my selfe as aforesd to pay or cause to be paid unto the sd James or to his Assignes the aforesd summe of eighty six pounds in London at the Cock in Gracious streete at or before the first of October next ensueing the Date hereof or wthin fourty dayes after the arrivall of I the said Paul in London wch shall first happen, only it is to be alwayes understoode that the sd James is to stand to the adventure of the goods shipte to make this sª somme to the Island of Barbados that if in case they doe not arive there then this obligacon is to be void & of none effect, & so likewise if the sd some of eighty six pounds be not paid in Barbados then the sd James is to stand to the Adventure of so much sugar as I the sª Paul shall shipp to pay the sd summe in London that if it doe not arrive there according to tenor of bill of ladeing that then I the sª Paul is to be quitt & cleere of this Ingagment & so I have hereunto set my hand & seale the day & yeare above written. goods was interlined before subscribed. Dated in Boston in New Engl. the 9th of Novemb. 1650
Signed sealed & dd in
the presence of us Paul Allistree & a seale John Dudley Nicholas Phillips.
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11 (9) 16.50. I Raph Woory of Charlstowne doe pmise ingage my selfe to pay unto Wm Phillips for valueable consideration by me received the just quantity of sevenscore weight of white sugr to be dd at Boston by the first returne. Witnes my hand this 12th of the 4th 16.49.
Witnes Willm Aspinwall
Raph Woorey. Notarius publ.
Mr Phellipps Assigned this to Paul Allistre. 12 (9) 1650
11 (9) 1650 Received the 1st. of Aug: 1650. of Mr Wm Phillipps three Kintalls of fish shipped aboard the Wm & John bound for the Barbados & now rideing at Anchor before Boston the sd fish being to be disposed of for the Aceº. of the sª Mr Phillips he runing the Adventure & paying all
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charges to the Barbados. More three gallons of sacke amounting to fifteene shillings. I say recd
p George Marsh.
Mr Phillips assigned this to Paul Allistree. 11 (9) 16.50 19 (9) 1650. 24th of the first mº. 16.48.
It was voted by the whole Court that Mistick bridge should be made, & maintained by the Country, at the pub- lick chardge. By the Generall Court Increase Nowell sec:
Be it knowne by these presents that I Robert Nash of Boston for good & valueable consideration by mee in hand received have given granted bargained & sould & by these p'sents doe give grant bargaine & sell unto John Thompson of London mariner all that my house & garden lately by me purchased of Nicholas Davison of Charlstowne mercht. scituat & being in Charls towne & fenced in, to have & to hould the sd house & land to him the sd John Thompson his heires & assignes for ever. In witnes whereof I the sd Robert have here unto sett my hand & seale this 11 (5) 1650
Sealed & dd in pnce of Wm Aspin wall
Robt Nash & a seale
Rich : Waite.
Indorsed. Know all men by these pnts that I John Thompson of London mariner have bargained & sould unto Nicholas Davison of Charlestowne mercht the house & garden wch I bought of
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Robert Nash mentioned in the deed on the other side of this paper to him his heires Executors & Administrators to have & to hould for ever. & doe acknowledge to have recd of him full satisfaction to me in hand pd for the same; yet always pvided that in case I the sd John Thompson pay or cause to be pa unto Nicholas Davi- son his heires Executors administrators or assignes the full & just summe of seventy & fyve pounds sterl. in mer- chantable dry cod fish, the twentieth day of June next en- sucing, that then this deed of sale to be voyd otherwise to be in full force for ever. In witnes of the truth I have hereunto set my hand & seale Dated in Charlstowne this 15th of July 1650.
Witnes hereunto ffrancis Norton. John Allen.
John Thompson.
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Mr John Thompson acknowledged this as his act & deed the first of Novemb. 1650. before nic.
ffran. Willoughby.
20 (9) 1650. I Nathaniell Long of Boston mercht doe acknowledge that I have recd of Nicholas Davison three deeds or rather Copies of deeds under the Notary publ hand for sixty three pounds eight shillings. due from Robt Mason of Barbados unto the foresd Davison, & also have recd full power by tre of Atturney to recovr the sd debts. I doe by these p'sents pmise to use my best indevor to receive the same, & whatever I shall receive pt or all doe oblige my selfe heires Executors administrators to be accountable for the same unto Nicholas Davison, his heires execut administrators or assignes. In witnes of the truth I have hereunto sett my hand Dated the 30th of May. 1648
I acknowledge to have recd the originall Bills the copies being left behind for when I will be accountable as above sd. Signed & Delivered in the prsence of us p me Nathaniel Long. Tho. Gainer George Smith.
21 (9) 1650 As heretofore I have done I doe now by these p'sents Authorise M' Nicholas Davison to take an Accº. of Mr George Ludlow in Virginia or els where of all reckonings whatsoever depending betwixt himselfe & me Executrix of Mr Matthew Craddock deceased & to receive all dues any way comeing to mee by such an account & to make returne of the same to me in London, & to give a discharge to the sa Mr Ludlow for what soever he shall so pay. in witnes hereof my hand & seale June 17th. 1650.
Witnes hereto Rob: Burgrte Rebecca Whitchcot & a Thomas Kidgell. seale
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Know all men by these p'sents that I John Milom of Boston Coop for & in consideration of the summe of twenty & seven pounds ten shillings sterl to me in hand pd by Nich: Davison of Charlstowne in N: England mercht have bargained & sould & doe by these p'sents bargaine & sell unto the sd Nicholas Davison, two thousand acres of ground or land lying at the falls uppon Connecticot river, & one hundd & twenty acres, of meddow upon a rivevelet or riverett not far from the sª two thousand acres, wch ground was sometime Mr Robert Saltonstalls & laid out by Mr Willis & Capt
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Mason granted by the Generall Court of Connecticot, the wych land the abovesd Robt Saltonstall sould unto Mr Val: Hill & Capt Robt Harding of Boston the wch I the sª John Mylom have bought & purchased of them & now have sould the p"misses abovesd, to say two thousand Acres of land & one hundd & twenty Acres of Meadow, unto the sd Nicholas Davison to him his heires Executors administrators or Assignes to enjoy for ever. & doe acknowledg to have received of the abovesd Davison full satisfaction to my content for the same : & doe hereby oblige my selfe my heires Executors Adminis- trators & assigns firmly by these p'sents to make good ratify & confirme, & establish the sd Davison his heires in quiet & peaceable possession to enjoy the same for ever, & to peure such writings at all times as shalbe needfull for the same. In witnes of the truth I the sd John Milom have hereunto set my hand & seale Dated the fifth day of October. 1650.
Signed sealed & dd
John Milom & a seale.
in the presence of us Henry Wilkey.
Acknowledged the 5th of the 8th mo. 1650 before me Increase Nowell.
15 (9) 1650 Uppon the 15 (9) 1650. Before me Wm Asp: Not & Tab: publ by Authority of the Generall Court of the Massach: admitted & sworne, psonally appeared m' Joseph Barton & M' Daniel Bradley Attrs. to Mr Wm Stanley & Mr Peter le Gay merchts of Southampton as by their peura- tion dated 5th June 1650 under the hand of Rich: Stanley Notary publ doth at large appeare, weh Appearers required me the Not aforesd to ptest against M' John Tuttle of Boston mercht for non-pformance of certaine covenants betwixt him & the sd Merchts bearcing Date the 16th ffeb. 16.49. the sd M' Tuttle being present & confessing he had not pvided the full complement of goods according to agreement. Where uppon I the sª Notary at the instance
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of the sd Appearers & in theire names & in the names of the sd merchts of Southampton did ptest & by these prsents doe ptest against the said John Tuttle for his breach of Cove- nant, & for all damages lossess & interests wch the merchants aforesd have susteined or further may susteine by reason thereof. This ptest was thus made in the psence of Mr Thomas Broughton & M' Edw: Tyng. Quod &c.
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26 (9) 1650 To all Christian people to whom this prsent writeing shall come Wm Stanley & Peter le Gay inhabitants & merchts of the towne & County Southton in England send greeting. Know yee that we the sd Wm Stanley & Peter le Gay for o'selves & Company ioyntly & severally have & by these p'sents doe nominate ordeine constitute & appoint & in or steed & place putt James ffauntleroy & Joseph Barton of the sd towne & County of Southton merchts & Daniel Bradley mariner & Mr of the shipp called the Adventure of Southton & every of them jointly & either of them severally o' true & lawfull peurators actors factors & Attrs as wel generall as speciall for us & Companie & every & either of us & sª Companie & every of us jointly & severally to aske demand leavie recover & receive all & singular such summe & summes of money goods wares & merchandises & the pceeds & pvenue of all such goods wares & merchandises or the true & full value thereof & all other pfitts advantages gains & increase of gaines debts due & demands whatsoever issueing arriseing or growing due & payable unto us & sd Companie or any or either of us by vertue of & according to the tenor of certaine Articles of Covenants beareing date the 16th day of ffeb: Anº. Dni 1649. made betweene John Tuttle of N. England in the pts of America, & Peter le Gay & Companie of the other ptie, or for any other cause or thing or by any other wayes or meanes what soever as well of & from the sd John Tuttle & Joan his wife & John Gore of Roxb: in N. E: aforesd or any or either of them there or any or either of theire heires Exor. Administr Actors factors or Assignes as of & from all & every such pson & psons wth in any the pts of America as are & shall appeare to be so indebted unto us & sª Company or any or either of us as aforest, & the sd John Tuttle & Joane his wife & the sd John Gore or any or either of them theire or any or either of theire heires Execut Adm. agents factors Assignes & all & every such other Exec. Adm. agents factors or assignes & all & every such other pson & psons so indebted unto us & sª Compa. or any or either of us as aforesd, by whatsoever name or names they or any of them shalbe called & knowne, either by attachmt of goods or im- prisonmt of body to sue arrest implead & Answer & con- denme, & out of prison againe to Deliver, & all & every the sd summe or summes of money goods wares merchandises & the pceed & pvenue of all such goods ware merchan- dises or the full & true value thereof & all other pfits ad- vantages gaines & increase of gaines debts dues & demands whatsoever so due as aforesd of & from the sª John Tuttle &
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Joane his wife & the sd John Gore or any of them theire or any or either of theire heires Exec. Adm. agents factors or assignes or any other pson or psons whatsoever so indebted as aforesd, for us & sd Compa. & every & either of us & in the name steed & place of us & to & for the use & the Acco. of us & sd Compa. & every & either of us by any lawfull wayes or meanes what soever, to leavie recover & receive & uppon paymt satisfaction or other lawfull Composition of & for all or any of the summe & summes of money goods wares & merchandises debts dues & demands or any pt thereof so due as aforesd, any lawfull acquittance or discharge for us & sd Compa. & in of names to give, also only or more peurators actrs factors or Atturneyes under them or any or either of them wth the like or limitted power to depute substitute & appoint & him or them at theire wills & pleasures when & so often as they or either or any of them shall see expedient againe to revoake, giveing & by these p'sents granting unto or sd pcurators actors factors & Atturneys & every of them jointly & either of them severally full & free power & lawful authority for us & sd Compa. & every & either of us & in the name steed & place & to & for the use & aceo of us & every & either of us to doe & Execute the p'misses in as large & ample manner as wee & sd Compa. & every or any of us might or could doe if wee & every or any of us were then & there psonally prsent, ratifying confirming & allowing all & what- soever or sd peurators actors factors & Attrs: theire substitutes. & Deputies or any or either of them shall lawfully doe or cause to be done in or about the prmisses. In witnes whereof we the sd Wm Stanley & Peter le Gay have here- unto sett or hands & seales the 5th day of June. Anº. Dni 1650.
Signed sealed & dd in pnee of us Wm Stanley & a seale Ric: Stanley Nots publ Peter le Gay & a seale. Rich: Singleton
Int. 12° Sept: 1650. Ita attester ego Johannes Jennings secrlus Deputus
We whose names are here under written being the rest of the Compª. above mentioned doe consent unto & ratify & confirme the tre of Attur: or peuration above mentioned witnes or hands the day & yeare above sd
Joseph de la Motte Jacob Legay
D Kersent
26 (9) 1650 These prsents witnesseth that I Edw. Dayer seamen doe hereby discharge John Web of Connecticot brasier
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of one bill of recd the 11th october 49, weh was for peeces of stuffe recd by the sd John Web of me Edw. Dayer & I have- ing recd the sd pcees of stuffe aforesd I Edward Dayer do hereby give a full discharge for the sª bill
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of 17th Witnes my hand this 27. of Octob. 1649.
liveing at the Kings armes
Witnes John Sanford p me Edware Dare at Boston.
26 (9) 1640 Know all men by these p'sents that I Edw. Dayre doe hereby bind my heires Exer. & Administ. to pay or cause to be pd unto Henry Modsley or his Assignes the full & just summe of fifteene pounds seventeene shillings & two pence sterl to be pd at the arrivall of the sd Henry or any Assignes for him. Witnes my hand this 21th of August. 1650.
Edw. Dare.
It is agreed uppon by & betweene the pties above written that if the above sd Edw. Dayre shall Deliver unto Hen: Modsley or his Assignes one bill or specialty of Mr John Parris conteining twenty fyve pounds sixteene shillings & two pence that then the above written specialty to be voyd & of none effect, otherwise shall stand in full force & vertue. Witness his hand this 21th of Aug. 1650 Edw. Dare.
Signed & dd in the pnce of Nath: Juijce
13 : Octob. 16 4 9
26 (9) 1650. These presents witnes to whom it doth con- cerne that I John Web of Connecticot brasier doe acknowl- edge my selfe to be indebted unto Edw. Dare the full & just summe of seventeene pounds sterling to be pd in beefe porke pease & floure wthin fyve weekes after the date hereof uppon paine of forfeiting the double summe unles either wind or wether shall hinder. in witnes whereof I have set to my hand the day above written.
Witnes John Sanford
John
marke James Rainstorpe his IW Webb
I under written doe assigne & sett over unto Henry Mods- ley all my right claime & interest of this bill & the moneys therein specifyed & doe hereby give power to the sª Henry to aske receive recover the same as amply & fully as I my selfe. Witnes my hand this 21th of Aug: 1650. Test. Nath: Juijce. Edw. Dare
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26 (9) 16.50 I Edw. Dayre do by these p'sents bind me my heires Exec. & Administ. to pay & Deliver unto Henry Modsley or his Assignes the full & just summe of one thou- sand & twenty pound of good muscavado Sugar at the next arrivall of the sª Hen: Modsley in this Iland of Barbados witnes my hand this 21th of Aug: 16.50.
Edw. Dare
It is further agreed uppon by & betweene Edw. Dayre & Hen: Modsley that if the sd Henry shall receive seventeene pounds sterl by a bill assigned over unto him. of John Web liveing in N: England that then the former bill is to be voide & of none effect otherwise to stand in full force & vertue.
Signed in the puce of
Edw. Dare.
Nath. Juijce.
Samuel Lamb, Deb:
SUGAR
Januar. 10. To 3 pints sack . 0073 0
11. To 2 bott Saek 010 .
To 1 bott Sack 005
12. To 1 bott Sack 005 ·
To 1 pt Saek .
005
14. To 2 bott Saek · 010
005
To 1 bott Sack
17. To halfe A pype . 005
19. To 2 bott. Sack 010
To 1 bott. Saek .
. 005
21. To 2 bott Sack 010
22. To 1 bott Sack
005 .
To 201 Sugar 020
To one bott Sack 005
To one bott beere
0013
26. To 2 bott beere
. 003
To 2 bott beere
003
ffeb.
13. To 1 gal beere .
006
23. To 1 pr Shooes .
040
Mar. 5. To 3 bott. 1 pt Sack To 4 bott. beere .
0173
6 To 2 bott beere .
. 003
7. To 2 bott. beere .
003.
To 2 bott beere .
. 003
8. To one bott beere
· 001₺
10. To 3 gall. beere .
· 018
006
16. To 1 bott Sack. 005
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Apr. 30. To 2 gall. beere .
012
3. To 1 paire stockings
.
033.
Nich: Dawson. 263.
I have recd of Henry Modsley full satisfaction of this Account weh is two hundred sixty three pound of sugar. Witnes my hand this 11th day of August 1650.
Witnes
Nicholas Dawson.
John Bloer.
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6 (10) 1650 Know all men by these prsents that on the eleventh day of the month of July Annº Dni 16.50 before me Joshua Maynet Not & Tabellion publ dwelling in London admitted & sworne & in the prsence of the witnesses here after named, psonally appeared Wm Chalke Master of the ship the Wm & Sarah of London of the burden of one hundd & twenty tunns or thereabouts & Anthonie Lemande Car- vacal & Nathaniel Townsend Merchts & pt owners of the sª shipp & goods therein laden, the wch Appearers as well far themselves as for the rest of the owners of the sª ship & goods for whom they make themselves strong undertake & promise ratification, have made & ordeined & by these pres- ents in theire steed & place doe put & constitute George Reimond m' of the ship the Eagle of London his true & law- full Atturney giveing & grantinge to the sd Atturney full power comission & lawful Authority for & in the names & to the use of them Constituants to aske demand leavie sue for recover & receive of whatsoever pson or psons as of right shall appteine the sª ship the Wu & Sarah of London & all goods laden therein where soever the sd ship or goods are or shalbe found weh said ship on the 10th day of Octobr last past were taken by Capt Plunket & by him caryed to Sta Cruz adjoineing to Teneriffe in the Island of the Canaries & of the receipte to give acquittance in due forme, & if need be to appeare in all Courts of Judicature there to sue implead arrest seize sequester attach imprison & to condemne & out of prison to deliver & generally to doe all things weh they the sd Constituents themselves might or could doe being psonally prsent wth power to substitute other Attrs. wth like or limitted power, promiseing to hould firme stable & valid all & whatsoever theire sd Att" and his substitutes shall law- fully doe or pcure to be done in & about the p"misses by ver- tue of these pnts In witnes whereof the sª Constituants have signed sealed & dd these pnts. Thus done & passed
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wth in this Citty of London in the p'sence of John Daniel & Richard Clay witnesses hereunto required.
John Daniel
Richard Clay
Wm Chalk & a seale Antº: Lemand' Carvacal & a seale. Nath: Towsend & a seale
I nod attester rogatus et requisitus. Joshua Mainet Nots publ verte foll,
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Wee underwritten certify that Joshua Mainet who hath signed the aforegoeing Instrum: is a Notary & Tabellion publ admitted & sworne dwelling in London & that the acts & Instrumts so by him signed full faith & credit is given in Judgmt Court & wth out the same. Dated in London the eleventh of July Annº Dni 1650
John Daniel Nots pubcus Jo Notstock nos pub
This Bill bindeth me Peter downing my heires Exer. Administrators & Assignes in the penalty of foure thousand pound of sugar to pay or cause to pay unto Henry Moussley or his Assignes the full & just summe of two thousand pound of good dry Muscabaids suger at or before the fif- teenth day of ffebr: next ensueing the date here of at some convenient store house neere the sea side wites my hand this 24th of July. 1650.
Witnes Nich: Dawson Rich: South.
The marke of P Peter Downing.
10 (10) 1650 March the 12th 1649.
This witnesseth that I Tho: Peeke of Colchester in the County of Essex linnen Drap doe assigne & by these p'sents give full powr & Authority unto Tho: ffirmin to Arbitrate wth James Browne of Charls towne in N: England concerning an Account betweene the sª James Browne & my selfe, & also to use all such just & lawfull meanes for recov- ery of what is my Just due (in case the sd James doe not come willingly to a just & faire account) & also doe give full power unto the sd Tho: ffirmin as my lawfull Atturney to agree conclude & make an end wth the sd James, & uppon conclusion to give a receipt in full to the sd James Browne in my behalfe, witnes my hand the day & yeare above written.
Tho: Peeke.
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Whereas there is an account depending betwixt Josias ffirmin Thomas Peeke of Colchester & James Browne of Charls towne in N. England Thomas ffirmin being Atturney to the sd Peeke & likewise intrusted by the abovesd ffirmin to issue the same. Know whom this writeing may concerne
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That we James Browne & Tho ffirmin do mutually agree to refer this busines unto Rich. Russell & John Webb to Compmise & arbitrate the same : & doe hereby bind s'selvs in the penalty of fifty pounds to stand to the award of the aforesd arbitrators. Witnes hereunto of hands this 30th of July 1650.
Tho. ffirmin James Browne.
Wee uppon or best Considerations doe determin that James Browne shall pay unto Tho. ffirmin as a full determination of this Acco. twenty three pounds & to make paymt thereof in wheate pease or Bever in three months & on payment thereof the sd Tho: ffirmin is to give the sª Browne a full acquittance for the Accº of Thomas Peeke & Josias ffirmin, so far as concernes this bill conteining nine pticulars on the Debitor side & nine on the Credit' side, the sª Thomas ffirmin being to record Mr Peeks tre of Atturney. to show this to be or determination we have set hereunto or hands this 30th of July 1650.
By me Richard Russell John Evered alias Webb.
10 (10) 1650. Be it knowne by these pnts that I Robt Nash of Boston in N: E. Butcher doe acknowledg my selfe to be indebted unto Jo. Milom of Boston aforesd Coop in the just summe of sixty pounds sterl to be pª in pvisions for dyet at or before the 29 (7) next ensueing the date hereof (the necessary charge to finish the wharfe according as it is begun being first deducted & abated) And unto the true pformance hereof I the sd Robt Nash doe bind myselfe mine exer & administr: & in petre the house I lately bought of him neere unto the water millne in Boston. In witnes whereof I the sd Robt Nash have hereunto set my hand & seale this 2 (8) 1650.
Sealed & dd in pnce of
Robt Nash & a seale
Jolın Bushnel Rich: Waite William Aspinwall.
16 (10) 1650 Whereas John Jarvis saith that in the month of October in the yeare of or Lord 1645. (p Major Gen1. Edw Gibons) he was possessed of a third pt of the Shipp Unicorne, of the burden of one hundd and fourtie tuns
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or thereabouts, wch } pt of the sd ship (the sd John Jarvis doth say) he did peaceably & quietly enjoy certaine months tth out any Molestation, Isaac Addington being appointed m' of the abovesd ship in the Mo of July 1646 as the sd John Jarvis saith, & was to pforme a voyage fro Boston in N. Eng: to Virginia, as he saith, & from there to London being the port of his discharge & to give Account of his trust unto each owner. And whereas the sª Jo: Jarvis alledgeth that the sd Mr hath not rendred unto him a just & true Account, & did in the month of August in the yeare
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1647 at London undertake a second designe wth the above sª ship unicorne, unto the Port of Malaga & so made his re- turne to the Port of London, & since hath imployed the abovesd ship Unicorne uppon severall other Designes & made severall other Voyages wth the abovesd ship unto severall other Ports wthout the knowledg consent or privity of the s4 John Jarvis thereunto, as he saith. And whereas the sª John Jarvis did in the month of July one thousand six hundd & fifty at Boston in N. Eng. in a peaceable way (as he saith) require the abovesª Isaac Addington that he would give him a true & just Account of his 3 pt of the ship abovementioned in wch the sª John Jarvis claimeth ppriety, as also of her imployments & improvements thereof from Port to Port, then three yeares compleat imployed p him the abovesd Isaac Addington as Mr, of all weh time of her imploy- ment, as likewise the improvements as afore expressed (the sd John Jarvis saith) he hath not as yet given him a full & true Account. And whereas the sd John Jarvis alledgeth, that he was (in the Mº. of Aug. 16.5 0tie. ) constrained to psecute a suit against the aforesd Isaac Addington at the Court then held at Boston in N: Engl. for the recovering of what (he saith) is most jusly due unto him, either for the imploy- ments & improvements of his 3 pt of the ship aforesd, as also what soevr els due unto him uppon any other Accº. or Ac- counts, weh by no other way or means he could have, nor can yet attaine, as he affirmeth. Now whereas the sd Jo: Jarvis alledgeth, that Isaac Addington & Capt John Leveret uppo above & ungrounded prtence alledged in the Court held at Boston afore expressed, and now uppon the same ground & like prtence alledgeth that the sª Jo: Jarvis hath sould his } pt of the sd ship, whereas (the sd John Jarvis saith) there is no such thing, nor that it can any wayes be made by them so to appeare. By meanes whereof the said John Jarvis (as he saith) hath beene long & now is dayly kept fro an estate
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