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and the right of the whole Hand with other Hands thereunto
belonging to £1500: And this deponent beleeveth that the
freemen on the said Hand would all willinglie have agreed
together and have bought the said Estate soe left by the said
Claborne in the hands of the said Evelin, and would have
given according to the rates above said and that within 2
yeares time.
Ad 30. dicit et deponit That the said Evelin did in November
1637 come upp to the said Plantation and brought a Commis-
sion under the Colony Seale of Maryland, by vertue whereof
the said Evelin was made commander of the said Ile of Kent,
and did by vertue of his said Commission summon the Inhab-
itants and Freemen on the said Iland to appeare before him
att the Fort, and did there in the presence of this deponent
and the rest of the Freemen there assembled command the
Patent of Maryland then brought upp with him by M^r Zachary
Mattersedd gentleman of Maryland, but the said Freemen did
not consent thereunto Att which time it was demanded of
the said Capt: Evelin by M^r John Butler whether he were an
agent for the said Clobery and Company or for the Mary-
landers, and that the said Evelin answered he was for both.
This deponent goeing then out of the roome cannot further
depose.
Ad 31. dicit et deponit That the said Evelin the same day
and afterwards advised (in this deponent's hearing) the Inhab-
itants and Freemen that they should take heed what they sayd,
saying further that it would be better to live under the Govern-
ment of Maryland then under the Government of Virginia,
because they might carry theire Commodities and Pipestaves
and other goods into what country they would, which the Vir-
ginians could not, and did persuade them by many other
privileges and reasons especially to this deponent privately,
saying that Tobacco did yield a good price in Holland and
Spaine, And that the said Evelin, did, att the same time in this
deponent's hearing command the said letter of Atturney from
the said Clobery and Murhead should be there read, unto
which M^r John Butler answered Capt: Evelin what needs that
noe body doth interrupt you in the Marchants busines you
have done alredy and may doe what you please, none of us
will meddle therewith or words to this effect, which speech of
M^r John Butler, all the Inhabitants there present agreed, and
further deposeth not.
Will: Coxe.
Recognit: coram me
Jurat: et examinat: in presencia mei,
Francis Wiat. et per me Will: Baulke notarii
Sam: Mathews publicum.
John Harvey.

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