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of her her cheife manufacture is servants and noe prohibited
goods on board of her Our Requests to your hon^ors is that
you would be pleased to write to the Lord Effingham on her

behalfe and this shall oblige us the subscribers To Enter into
bonds or bonds of navigacons That the said ship shall unlade
her ladeing of Tobaccoes either in England Wales or towne
of Berwick upon Tweed and there bona fide pay his Ma^ties
Customes.
Sealed and delivered in the
presence of Ed M^cLan W^m Sharp +
G. Robins. W^m Combes +

Which Letter being read and considered of by this board
It is ordered that a Letter be writt to his Ex^cy the Lord How-
ard of Effingham in favour of the aforesd ship and of the
Complainants aforesaid soe farr forth as the Lawes will permit
which Letter follows.

R^t Hon^ble
After our most hearty salutes presume to acquaint your
Lordship that Applicacon hath been made to us by one W^m
Sharpe and others living by the bay in Choptanck river desire-
ing the favour of our Letter to your Lordship in behalfe of one
Iohn Knight Comander of the ship Encrease of Youghall
bound for Maryland who (as we are informed has noe prohib-
ited goods on board. But to the great prejudice of the people
concernd said ship is stopped by Cap^t Rowe for want of certi-

Liber B.
P. R. O.

ficate of haveing Entered into bond in England; If this be the
case and that the said ship have onely servants and provisions
on board Wee humbly conceave there can be noe lawfull cause
of seizure For that such shipps who doe not bring certificate
of haveing Entered into bond in England or Ireland have
always Entered into bonds with sufficient suretyes here or
others parts of America where they arrive before they are or
can be permitted to trade or otherwise. But if said ship have
done any thing contrary to Law, Wee as Earnestly desire she
may suffer as wee doe (if she have not) That your Lordsp.
would Graciously please to order the discharge of sd ship to
the end she may proceed to her intended port where all due
care shall be taken by the Goverment and his Maj^ties Officers
here that said ship performe whatever the Law and his Maj^ties
service require And herein your Lordsp will oblige
St Maries 8^th Jan^ry 1688 R Hon^ble
Your Lordsp most humble and
assured servants
To his Ex^cy the Lord W^m Ioseph
Howard of Effingham Henry Darnall
Governor of his Maj^ties W^m Digges
Colony of Virg^a Nich: Sewall

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