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his Lordships Justices for Ann Arundel Court this twenty
second Day of January 1758 who being sworn on the holy
Evangels of Almighty God deposeth and saith that sometime
in June 1756 he this Deponent was obliged to leave his Plan-
tation at the old Town in Frederick County for Fear of the
Indians and in his Dwelling House and Storehouse he left
several Store Goods and Household Goods with some Provis-
ion, about the Quantity of one thousand Pounds of Wheat
Flour, five Bushels of Salt, one Hogshead of Rum, about
1000: lb of brown Sugar and five Gallons of Melasses in a
Stone Bottle Jugg, upwards of 1000 lb of Bar Lead, about
sixty thousand Nails, a Cask containing sundry China Ware,
one other containing drinking Glasses, two Doz: frying pans,
all Sorts of Carpenters Tools and Smiths Tools, several
Plantation Utensils and several brass Kettles; the greatest
part of the several Goods before mentioned he this Deponent
has great Reason to believe, was taken from out of his
Houses on his Plantation af^d by a certain Henry Enocks
senior and junior by Reason several of the above mentioned

Lib. J. R.

& U. S.

Goods being proved to be in their Custody, and further this
Deponent saith not :
Sworn to before me the Day and Year above.
Tho.. Jennings

It is the Advice of this Board that his Excellency be
pleased to write to the President of Virginia and send him a
Copy of the aforegoing Petition and Depositions for his
Consideration, thereupon the following Letter being prepared
was sent accordingly.

Annapolis the 24.. of February 1758.
Sir
At the Request of the Petitioner and by the Advice of the
Council of this Province I take the Liberty to send you the
Petition of one of our Frontier Inhabitants named Thomas
Cresap wherein he represents that sundry Goods to a con-
siderable Value have been stole from him as he is informed
by some persons who live in Virginia and that this being the
Case he cannot prosecute the supposed Offenders in Order to
bring them to Justice, unless the Governm^t of Virginia will
have them apprehended and sent into Maryland where the
Facts were committed. You will learn from the Depositions
that are annexed to the Petition, who are the Persons ac-
cused, what Grounds there are for the Petitioners Suspicion,
and also the Names of some Persons that will be called upon
as Evidences; if you shall be of opinion that the former
ought to be apprehended and delivered up to an Officer of this

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