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204 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.
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Liber W. C.
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said Did acknowledge himself to owe and stand Justley indebted
unto James Neale seinr the full and Just sume of Three thousand
five hundred pounds weight of good sound Marchantable Leafe
Tobacco in Caske To bee paid unto the said James Neale seinr
his heires and assignes att or before the Tenth day of October wth
should bee in the yeare of our Lord god 1678 and for the well and
true payment thereof att some Convenient place betweene Porto-
bacco Creeke & Wiccocomico River and within a quarter of a Mile
from the waterside for payment of wch as aforesaid The said Robert
did binde himselfe his heires Executors, and Adm™ firmely by those
presents, notwhstanding Wch the said Robert Thompson the said Sume
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of Three thousand five hundred pounds weight of Tobacco to him
the said James hath not paid according to the Tenor of the said bill
or Writeing obligatory, although often thereunto Required, but the
same to Render and pay hath denyed and as yet doth denye to the
Damage of the said James Six thousand pounds of tobacco, and
thereupon hee bringeth his suite
And the said Robert Thompson by Henry Bonner his Attorney
Cometh and Defendeth the force and Injury when &c and prayeth
Liberty to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court and Itt is
granted unto him the same day is given to the plt alsoe
Nowhere att this day to witt the Thirteenth day of May in the
fifth yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq
Dommi 1680 Cometh aswell the said pR as the said Defendt by
theire Attorneys aforesaid and the said Defendt by his said Attorney
saith, That hee is not informed by the said Defendt of any answere
of him to the pns Action to bee given & nothing else saith thereupon
By wth the aforesaid plts Remaineth against the said Defendt thereof
wholly undefended, Therefore Itt is Considered that the said James
Neale Recover against the said Robert Thompson aswell the afore-
said sume of Three thousand five hundred pounds of Tobacco Debt
as alsoe ffiue hundred Eighty seven pounds of Tobacco for Costs
of suite. And the Defendt in mercy &c :
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Jno Peerce Exr of Jno Peerce]
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Thomas Hedge
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Thomas Hedge late of Baltemore
County otherwise Called Thomas
Hedge of the County of Baltemore
in the Province of Maryland Mar-
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chant was summoned to answere unto John Peerce Execr of
the Last will and Testamt of John Peerce decd in a plea that hee
Render unto him the sume of ffoure thousand five hundred and
Term pounds of Tobacco Wch from him hee unjustly detaineth
And Whereupon the said John Peerce by Kenelme Cheseldyne his
Attorney sayeth that Whereas the said Thomas Hedge the sixth
day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand six hundred
seaventy six did by his Certaine writeing obligatory Sealed wth the
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