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58 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1647.
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Liber Z.
L. O. R.
No. 2.
P. 2
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Thomas Cornwallis Esq, is discharged hereby from all account
to the Lord Proprietor for one hundred Barrells of Corne
which he is admitted to trade for with the Indians for the
Expence of the Colony.
John Lewger
[1637]
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December
30yds Cloth 25o -p yd
tenth is — 25o
2 dozen axes at
c p dozen tenth is
2C
11 —— : —— 237l
turned
—————— yds cloth
otter Skinns
axes
yds roanoke
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Shipped vpon the Saint Thomas by
Thomas Cornwallis Esq in the n[ame]
and behalfe of Jerome Hawly of this
Province Esq, three peices of blew [truck]
cloth, containing 30 yds a peice; and two
dozen of trucking axes. A[nd the] said
Thomas Cornwallis doth acknowledge
himselfe to stand indebted to [the] Lord
Proprietor in two hundred thirtie and
seven pounds weight of good m[erchan-]
table tobacco, due for the tenth of the
said cloth and axes; to be paid to John
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Lewger his Lops Collector upon the tenth of November next;
provided that in case the said cloth and axes or any part there-
of, or the value of them in peake or roanoke raised from the
Indians by the said cloth or axes, shall be returned againe
without being vented, that then so much of the said two hun-
dred thirty and seven pound wt of tobacco is to [be] discompted
to the said Thomas Cornwallis as the comrnoditie so return[cd]
without vent, did amount vnto in the computation of the said
tenths.
And further the said Thomas Cornwallis doth covenant and
oblige himselfe [to] satisfie and deliver to his Lopps said Collector
the full tenth part in [kind] of all such furres, or other commo-
dities whatsoever wch shalbe bought, trad[ed] for or exchanged
of or from any Indians whatsoever by or with the said [Cloth]
and axes, or any part thereof, within ten daies after the returne
of [the] foresaid vessell into this port; except such corne or
other commodities for wch the said Thomas Cornwallis shall
have a discharge from the said Collector
Witnesse the Lieutent generall
Thos. Cornwaleys.
Leonard Caluert.
30th march 1637
This day came The said Thomas Cornwaleys, and entred
fiftie five yards of cloth, and and nineteene axes, and one and
fourty yards of roanoake, returned againe (of the former truck
mentioned in the recognisance) without venting: and the
residue of the said truck employed in fourty barrells of corne
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