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being an old Man, and that he gave Money and Goods for the
Rest of them, and that the said Lope carried the Goods on
Shoar with him the same Night, and that the Ship Sailed
Early the next Morning and that he saw the said Lope shake
hands with all the Negroes when he went a Shoar This Ex-
aminant further Saith that he did not see one of the Negroes
handcuffed nor tyed when they were brought on board nor at
any time during their Voyage.
The mark x of William E, Cook.
This Examinant further saith that two Pistols and One
Musket were put into the Boat when they left the Ship, and
that when the Boat came to the Shoar Lope and the Doctor
went on Shoar, and Lope had one Pistol, he doth not know
whether the Doctor had the Other Pistol, but this Examinant
did not see the Other Pistol remaining in the Boat
The mark x of William Cook

The Examination of Robert Watson Cook to Captain Davison
of the Ship Mary now Lying at Anchor in Patuxent River
in the Province of Maryland before the Governor and
Council of the said Province this first day of July Anno
Domini 1749.

This Examinant being first Sworn on the holy Evangels of
Almighty God deposeth and saith that on the night of the
first Monday in March last he being at the Island of S^t Jago
on board the said Ship he was Ordered by Captain Davison
to Carry one Lope a Shoar who had brought three Negroes
on board the said Ship, that waiting some time upon the

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Beach for the said Lopes Return he Came with his Son and
brought three Other Negroes with them that he helped to row
them on board This Examinant further Saith that after some
Stay on board the Ship the said Lope and his Son went on
Shoar and carried in the Boat with them some Cheese and
Other Goods that this Examinant handed some Salt on board
the boat and that he saw Lope shake hands with all the
Negroes at their Parting; And this Examinant further saith
that when this Examinant was unwilling to go into the Boat
upon which the Captain damned him and asked him why he
did not go that this Examinant went into the Boat and at the
same time two muskets & two Pistols were put into the Boat
and when the Boat came to the Shoar Lope & the Doctor
went out of the Boat on Shoar and took the Pistols and after
some Stay they returned and brought three Negroes who
being put into the Boat Lope and the Doctor also came in and
the Boat immediately returned to the Ship but this Examinant
never Saw any of the Negroes handcuffed, or tyed.
Robert Watson