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   unto Henry Lowe High Sherriffe of St Marys County for his     Lib. H. D.

   Matys use and Service in defraying Severall publick Charges   p. 242

   the full and Iust Sume of Six thousand pounds of good sound

   merchantable Tobbacco and Casque Convenient in St Marys

   County att or before the 20th day of December next Ensuing

   the Date hereof without fraud or Covin then this Obligation

   to be Voyd or else to remaine in force

                    Philip Clarke [Seale]

     Signed Sealed and Delivered Elias King [Seale]

          in the prsence of

       Richard Beard

       Willm Dent

      The Acct Currant of the 3d p hhd for the Church

                 p Act of Assembly Dr            l.  s.  d.

   To his Excy for building the Church         1000. 00. 00

   p George Plater Esqr the ballance of his

      Acct 9br 1st 1698                          94. 18. 06

                                                1094.18. 06

                                                 l.  s.  d.

          Brought forward                      1094. 18. 06

          By ball due to the Country           0128. 14. 03

                                               £1223.12. 09

   Dr to the ball of the Above Acct              128.14. 03

   Due to ball of this Acct which is Come to

      his Excys Creditt in Another Acct          000.05. 04

                                               128. 19.  07

                                 p Contra Credr

   By Sundry payments made to his Excy to

       the 8th of June 1697 as Appears in

       yu Councill Book folio 144               176. 00. 01 1/2

   By Majr Kings and Mr Wests Acct               10. 19.  1 1/2

   By Ditto p Cash recd of John Rock July

      the 15 1697                                02. 17.  1 1/2

   By Ditto p Majr Dents Acct Novr the 1st

      1698                                       01. 16. 09 1/2

   By Waladen's Acct to the 25th of October      75. 11. 03

   By pd p George Plater Esqr                   197. 15. 00

                                                664. 19. 05

   By Cash his Excy recd of Mr Coats for

        Tobbacco sold him                       195. 18. 04