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again to imprest the said Stephen the said Denton took him
away and said that he should not go (Saying that you I Sup-
pose meaning his Excellency the Gov^r) always lays the Bur-
den upon the Citizens, and that it was a Grievance, and that the
Assembly should be acquainted with it The Deponent told
Stephen in the hearing of the said Denton that he had
Authority to press him and bid him detain him at his Peril
The foregoing motion of suspending M^r Denton for his
Contempt and dissaffection aforesaid made known & again
moved to S^r Thomas Lawrence to which he replyed that he
would require M^r Denton to Go to Coll Blakiston and beg
his Pardon if that might Suffice but as for the rest he saith he
is bound over to answer at the next Provincial Court and
therefore can take no further Cognizance thereof
Coll Edward Pye called in is given to Understand that
whereas upon the late Revolution some of the Countrey Arms
being then in his Custody severall of the Locks and other
materials belonging to the same where lost or imbezelled he
Replys and saith that at the beginning of the Revolution some
of the Countrey Arms were in his Custody and of such of
them as where not well fixed he did take of the Locks and
deliver them to M^r William Dent to Secure but afterwards the
People mutinying and threatning to fire his the said Pyes

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House which to prevent the said Dent did Deliver them up
to the Man whom Major Smallwood had sent for them all
which the said Smallwood being also called in and enquired
off did acknowledge to the Board
The said Pye is ordered to procure and give in a List of
what Arms were in his Custody and what Locks were by him
delivered to said Dent with all Convenient speed
Ordered that the Book of Laws and all other Books Records
& Writings belonging to the Secretary's Office be forthwith
lodged and remain in the Office as formerly they have done &
nowhere else & that the Clerk of the Same do attend there at
the Usual Hours with the Seal
Ordered also that Sir Thomas Lawrence deliver to the Clerk
of this Board a true Copy of the Contract or Agreem^t between
him & William Taylard Clerk of the Provincial Court touch-
ing or Concerning the Profitts and Perquisits of the Office
Proposed and Offered to the Consideration of the Board
the Raising of Fifty thousand pounds of tobacco in the publick
Leavy this Year for a Stock or Bank to be lodged for defray-
ing the publick Charge upon this Emergency of treating with
and Providing against any attempts of the Indians and it is
accordingly resolved that the said Sum be raised for the use
aforesaid and that Orders for the Levying thereof be directed
to the Severall Sheriffs of the Province by an equal Asses-

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