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     means the warrant was left unexecuted neither would be reed by B. M.

     the sherriff, and the persons thereby made their further escape Vol. 23.

       That there were warrants out for apprehending Charles

     Goss Edmond Duke Castell George Thompson Adam Birch

     & James Miller known privateers & pyrates notwithstanding

     which they were publickly & dayly seen up and down the streets

     of Philadelphia without any notice taken of them, and that

     one Edward Shippen a Magistrate & one of the Councill of

     tht Governmt (as this informant believes) was at the same time

     known to be in company of Adam Birch and others of the sd

     Privateers at the said Adam Birches house wch he also con

     fessed to this Informant being asked the question.

       That about the 19th of June past one John Mathias came

     and surrendred himselfe up to this Informant upon their Exncys

     the Lords Justices Proclamation, as being one of Everyes

     Crew, whom this Informant delivered up to the Governr and

     was by him committed to prison.

       That upon the 21th of June after the sd Mathias was brought

     before the Governor & Council & examined (this Informant

     being there likewise present) where he confessed & declared

     that he was a Sweede belonging to a ship that had the King

     of Denmarks Commission to trade upon the Guinea Coast,

     a Hamburger there being another ship then in Company wth

     them tht had also a like Commission both WCh ships the said

     Capt. Every tooke riding at an Anchor in the Island of Prince,

     & plundered them and tooke to the number of sixteen men

     out of both ships & carryed them away with him, wherof he

     the said Mathias was one.

       That from thence they went directly to the Red Sea where

     they tookc one or two large Persian ships richly laden as he

     suppos'd by the great quantity of Gold & other plunder they

     brought with them after they came from rifling the sd shipps.

       That Chinton was Everyes chief Lievtent and Lassell

     some sort of officer belonging to the sd ship but could not

     tell of any more of them that were in Pensilvania save the

     Dutchman tht was in Prison & belonged to the other Ham

     burger ship; but as to himselfe he said he received no share

     but what they were pleased to give him for mending their

     cloaths & such like; to the quantity of about 300 peeces of

     Gold.

       That after yor warrants were out for taking up the Priva

     teers, Charles Goss (one of them) came to one widdow

     Hutton's house to take his leave of her, where in a quarrell

     wth a Frenchman he was kill'd.

       That two days after (at the sd Goss's funerall) there hapned

     a Riott which one Capt. Snead, a Magistrate of tht place,

     going to appease & command the peace, he was violently