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particuler noate of the Truckingstuffe left after the fire, and
that the most parte thereof was spoiled as the Beades a
great part whereof were melted into Lumps, the knives
and sizors worth little or nothing and left there for the
most part till this time, the Kettles were the bottomes and
sides burnt melted out and all brused, the Copper was a
great part wasted, The Axes and hoes were spoiled and a
Charge to temper a new, yett with the same burnt trucke and
other trucke in the said Accounts mentioned to be bought by
the said Claborne in the yeares 1631 and 1632, the said Cla-
borne bought, to the best of this deponent's remembrance,
being most of any privy to the trading busines 6 or 700 of
Beaver and not above as he beleeveth, of which Beaver
this deponent knoweth 3 hhds were sent for England in
the end of the yeare 1632: And for the Beaver which the
said Claborne traded for the yeare 1633: This deponent was
by the said Claborne sent upp to the Ile of Kent to fetch that
parcell downe to Virginia, and was intrusted with the tale and
waight thereof, and to this deponent's best remembrance it
came to about 1400 or 1500 waight, But this deponent saith
that the said Claiborne did pay besides the said parcell, other
parcells of Beaver this yeare to other men, but the sommes and
quantities he cannot justly say, But beleeveth the estimation
of the whole quantity of Beaver which was gotten that yeare
which this deponent had the keeping of, it did not amount
unto above sixteene or seaventeene hundred weight in all,
according to an Account thereof, which this deponent hath
seene and beleeveth to be true, and after this time this
deponent went free from the said Claborne's service and tooke
noe more particular notice of his the said Clabornes trade for
Beaver, but traded for himselfe and other men in reguard the
said Claiborne did not offer this deponent such wages as he
thought he should deserve, and for the yeares following this
deponent knoweth that the Trade for Beaver was much spoiled,
by the meanes of the Marylanders and other Traders, And the
Indians have ever since sold theire Beaver dearer and dearer,
and for the prize of the said Beaver which in the said Accounts
is mentioned to be disburst by the said Claiborne att 6^s 8^s
and 10^s a pound, this deponent sayth that comonly Beaver
betweene the English in the yeares aforesaid 1632: 1633:
1634: hath passed for 6^s and 7^s a pound for Comodities as
they cost in England, and for 10^s in leiu of money to be received
or paid But since the said yeare 1634 it hath beene at a lesse
value among the English Further this deponent sayeth that a
great part of the supplies of Trucke sent in Anno 1634 was
improper for the said Trade, as great Kettles, Dutch fashioned
Hoes, Blanketts, Coates, Scrapers., and sword blades, which

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