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him if he had no English Papers, the said Brig's Master
shewed this Deponent an old Register in English for a then
present Brig and described the said Brig to have been
formerly a Schooner built at Boston, and named the said
Brig therein mentioned the Marlborough, and the said Brig's
Master, shewed this Deponent a Clearance in English from
Patuxent for two Chests, and two Trunks of English dry
Goods for some Port in the West-Indies as the Out-Set of
the Voyage upon which the said Brig Marlborough was now
on her Return, but does not remember the particular Port
in the West-Indies for which such Clearance was, Upon this
Deponent returned on Board his own Vessel the Schooner
Industry aforesaid and sent his Boat and four Hands for
the said Brig's Master to come on Board this Deponents
Vessel the Schooner Industry aforesaid with his the said
Brig's Master's Papers which he accordingly did and there
delivered to Deponent all the several Papers which he had
before shewn this Deponent on Board the said Brig and
Deponent then sent his Boat with two Hands on Board the
Brig for two Outlandish Men he had when on Board her
observed there in Order to have the foreign Papers before
mentioned explained to him, and upon this Deponents Boats
Arrival on Board the said Brig, the said Brigs Crew put the
said Brig's Sails a back with Design as Deponent believes to
put the said Brig on Shore and then immediately the said
Brig's Mate and all her Crew (to Ten in Number as near
as he can recollect) jumped into Deponents Boat along side
of her, and came on Board this Deponents Schooner, and
Deponent then requesting said Brig's Captain to send his
Mate and two or three of his Hands along with some of this
Deponent's Hands on Board the Brig to take Care of her,
but upon this Proposal the Brig's Mate swore he would not
go on Board her and the Brig's Captain said he should not
for that the Brig was now in Deponents Custody whereupon
Deponent ordered his own Mate and four of his Hands to
jump into his Boat and go on Board the said Brig and
Deponent delivered his this Deponent's Commission to his
said Mate together with the said Brig's Papers to carry on
Board with him in taking Possession of the said Brig and
the said Mate accordingly took Charge of the said Papers
and Brig:, after which the Brig's Captain Mate and some
others of the said Crew walked forward and held a Con-
sultation on the said Schooners' Fore-castle, the Result of
which was that the Brigs' Captain ordered his Mate to tye
this Deponent, and turned this Deponents' Man from the
Helm and took the same himself and this Deponent was
accordingly tied to one of the Pumps, and afterwards the
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