134 Assembly Proceedings, March 26-April 15, 1707.

L. H. J.

one Metal Whereupon the said Carroll returned the Money
to the said Clarke's wife and kept the Goods until she had
changed the Money received of her Son and brought good
Money for what She had bought herself but for Certainty of
Time refers to his Shop Books.
M^r Amos Garrett says that being informed that his Servant
William Cooper designed to run away with six Persons more
he took Care to secure his Shallop and the said Cooper and
that another Servant of his called. Stimpson being Confederate
with one Daniel Wells and a Sailor he took Care to inform
his Excellency the Governor of it who committed the said
Stimpson to Prison where he lyes That the said Stimpson
has confessed he was privy to the Intentions of Wells the
Sailor or Privateer and others running away and pretended he
could give an Account thereof.
John Duvall says That he was informed that Captain Silves-
ter Welsh had sold about three Pounds of the Country's
Powder to Daniel Wells That he has lost his Boat and that
he suspects Clarke, Winters and one Harrison stole her and
carryed two Negroes with them That Wells followed Clarke,
and in Pursuit was within a Day's Journey of him as he has
been informed.

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Elizabeth Finely says that Silvester Welsh sent by his Negro
three Pounds of the Country Powder to Wells and that Wells
opened it and took some of it in his Hands and said 'tis Coun-
try Powder and that Wells paid Welsh therefor by his Servants
Work in weaving some Cloth for Welsh.

April 3^d 1707.

This Committee having fully heard and considered the
aforegoing Declarations do humbly report to the House That
they find there was a Design framed by Richard Clarke
Daniel Wells and a certain Person who termed himself a
Sailor to take some Vessel and get what Assistance they could
in Order to disturb her Majesty's Peace and Government here
to make an Attempt upon the Town of Annapolis and burn
some Houses there and whilst that Consternation continued
to seize the Magazine and Powder House to furnish themselves
with Arms and Ammunition in Order to go a Privateering That
they had so far prosecuted their Design as to gain several
Housekeepers of desperate Fortunes and other disaffected
Persons to their Party and that Clarke by his Prodigality in
disbursing and spreading about the Counterfeit Money had so
insinuated himself into the Minds of several Servants belong-
ing to Persons in and near the Town of Annapolis and else-
where to join with them in their Cursed and wicked Design