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on board, and that the said Levin Townsend told this Depo-
nent that he always knew there was no salt there and accord-
ingly put this Deponent with others under the Hatchway &
immediately pushed off for Norfolk and on their arrival at
Norfolk that the said Levin Townsend and Isaac Coston went
on board of Lord Dunmore's Ship, and from their return from
board said ship, said Levin Townsend asked this Deponant
and some others if they were willing to serve under Lord
Dunmore, that if they would, they should have a suit of regi-
mentals, a guinea and a crown entrance, with their standing
pay, but that Cornelius Dickerson objected to staying, and
that this Deponent said he would choose to return home, and
said Levin Townsend said he could not return, till he had
taken an oath, which oath this Deponent saith was adminis-
tered to him in Norfolk, by a magistrate in the Courthouse,
the contents of which this Deponent cant well remember, that
he heard Levin Townsend say he was maning out a Tender
to cruise up and down the Bay and that he shou'd be in a very
short time up Pocomoke river and that he intended to try
and take the Committee of Worcester County out of their
beds in the dead of night and carry them on board his vessell
and then proceed as soon as possible with them down to Lord
Dunmore and that this Deponent heard said Levin Townsend
tell some of the company to look out sharply, that he shou'd
be along in a very short time and this deponent further sayeth
that William B. Townsend recommended it to him to enlist
under the Governor and said that he never would do any
thing better for himself, and that this Deponent heard the said
W^m Barkley Townsend say he was determined to have revenge
of the said Committee because they looked upon him as a Tory
and that he was very sorry for Isaac Atkinson and wished he
had it in his power to get revenge and further this Deponent
sayeth not.
Sworn before Joseph Dashiell. Barkley White.

December 1^st 1775.
Hugh Vestry being called on by the Committee of Worces-
ter County deposeth and saith that he was sent for by
William B. Townsend, that this Deponent went and carried
a gun and when he came to said W^m B. Townsend's said
Townsend asked this deponent if he did not want salt if he
did that he might have enough down at the Mud Banks very
cheap, upon which this Deponent agreed to go, and that he
set out with sundry others down to the mouth of the river,
finding there was no vessell there with salt agreeable to what
Townsend told him, he asked said Townsend where the
salt was, the said Townsend turned it off with a laugh and