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Men one Lad and two Women were intended to run away
with a Sloop belonging to the said Gale and to have carryed
with them a Month's Provision What their Intentions was or
where to go he he knew not but there was in his Neighbour-
hood a Report that one Clark had coined Money and fled
from Justice.
Then the Committee adjourned till to Morrow Morning
Eight O'Clock

Tuesday April first 1707.

Committee met according to Adjournment and being all
present Edward Taylor a Sailor was called in, who declared
that about the latter End of February last he and M^r Jacob
Lookerman Jun^r were going from Annapolis in a Shallop
bound for South River and that two Men and a Boy in a small
Boat pursued them out of Severn River until they came to the
Mouth of South River and then coming up to the Shallop
they hailed her and desired a Rope to be handed to them

L. H. J.

which M^r Lookerman denied and run to the Quarter Deck and
caught up a small Hand Spike and demanded their Business
to which they replyed No Harm. Then requiring why they
pursued the Shallop they pretended to get a Tow down the
Bay the next Day going into West River they were informed
that two Men and a Boy were run away and pursued by five
others He says that the two Men were both well set one of
them were long vizaged with brown streight Hair the other
had a light Coloured Coat and light Hair.
That he believes he has seen one of them at Annapolis and
that he has been informed that one of the Men came from
Pensylvania and had been a Privateer
M^r Charles Carroll says That Richard Clarke's wife sent her
Son as the Son told the said Carroll to buy some Cloathing
Bedding and other Particulars Things out of his Store and he
demanding of the young Man whether he brought Money
replyed he had, whereupon he delivered him such Things as
he had desired to the Value of about three Pounds: Upon the
producing the Money the said Carroll found it not good but
told the Lad he would keep it until he saw Richard Clarke's
wife to acquaint her therewith. In some small Time after
Clarke's Wife coming to the said Carroll's store and dealing
with his Storekeeper to the Value of between four and five
Pounds the Storekeeper upon Tender of the Money refused
to take it until he had shewed the same to the said Carroll
who upon View thereof found it was a base Coin such as
commonly goes about the Country here and breaks in letting
them drop being some Dollars some Pieces of Eight both of

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