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doe further impower and authorize you hereby to make entry
of any shipp or lesser Vessell that shall Come into this
Province to trade or Carry tobacco Out of the same except
such shipps or vessells as are not permitted so to doe by the
severall Acts of parliam^t which said shipps or lesser vessells
you are hereby impowered to seize take and secure and upon
seizure so made you are imediately to acquaint and informe
mee thereof And you are further required upon entry made
of any such shipp or vessell to take bond of the severall and
respective Masters with One sufficient security (except he or
they produce certificate from some custome house in England
that bond is there already Given) according to Act of parlia-
ment in such cases provided And upon the request of any
Master of such shipp or vessell to be dispatcht and cleared
away you are hereby impowered to doe the same provided I
be certified of any such shipp's goeing that sailed from England
before that you doe the same And what port duties or Other

Liber H. H.

dues you shall receive in Tobacco (or Goods if so Ordered by
mee) from any the said masters to allow
for every pound of tobacco that the same
shall amount unto. All which you are to doe and performe
untill I shall Give you Order to the contrary And this shall be
your sufficient warrant therein Given under my hand and seale
of the said Office the eightenth day of ffebruary in the six and
thirtith yeare of his Lordshipps Dominion Over this Province
of Maryland Annoq^r Dom One thousand six hundred sixty
seaven.
Charles Calvert.

I Doe hereby impower yo^w Daniel Ienifer of S^t Marys gen^l
to proue any rights of land allowed according to his lopps
Condicons of plantacon as also to grant warr^ts for land thereon
or otherwise Signifying und^r the same to be done by my Ord^r
& Appointment as also to enter & Cleare what Vessells shall
come in or goe out of the Prouince untill my Order to the
Contrary, And for soe doing this shall be yo^r warr^t Giuen
und^r my hand this 18^th day of February
Signed By Charles Caluert

[Denization of Abdelo Martin]

Caecilius Absolute Lord and proprietary of the provinces of
Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c To all
persons to whome these p^rsents shall Come greeting in Our
Lord God Everlasting Whereas Abdelo Martin Subject to the
Crowne of Spaine haveing transported himselfe and Children
into this province here to inhabite hath besought us to
Grant him the said Abdelo Martin leave here to inhabite

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