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nant and the rest of the said Brig's Crew went on Board
the said Schooner's Boat leaving the said Mulkere and the
rest of his Crew on Board the said Schooner tyed as afore-
said, and upon this Examinant and his said Company in the
said Boat's Arrival on Board the said Brig they imme-
diately made Sail in her up the said Bay for Patuxent-River
aforesaid and immediately after having thus made Sail, this
Examinant and the said Brig's People observed Mulkere and
his People on Board the said Schooner, walking about on the
said Schooner's Deck and soon after saw them heave up
their Anchor and make Sail after the said Brig which was
between one two in the Afternoon and between three and
four the said Schooner was within about a League of the
said Brig which continued Sail all Night but about two of
the Clock the Next Morning this Examinant demanded the
said Brig's Papers from the said Schooner's Mate who took
them out of his Pocket rolled up in a Handkerchief with the
said Schooner's Commission and delivered the said Brig's
papers to this Examinant when this Examinant ordered the
said Schooner's Mate and his four Hands into their Boat,
and gave them three Days Provision and Water and the
three Cutlasses which they the said Schooner's Mate and
Hands had brought on Board with them (and were all that
were on Board the said Brig this Examinant having searched
the said Brig for every Thing that might belong to them;
And this Examinant and Laughlin Donnalin having before
they left the said Schooner quitted the two Cutlasses they
had taken up on Board her) and ordered them off from the
said Brig, at which Time this Examinant could see Smith's-
Point being the Lower Point of the Mouth of Potowmack,
and about three Miles from it rather below it, and the next
Night about twelve of the Clock the said Brig arrived at
Patuxent where a Pilot came on Board and carried her up
the said River, and the said Examinant being asked where
he or the said Carcaud Master of the said Brig had shipped
some of her Crew he answered at Salem in Delaware, and
being further asked from what Port the said Brig came next
before her Arrival at Salem he answered not, nor to the
further Question where the said Brig took in her Sugars.
16. March 1761. Middleton Belt.
Taken before the Governor and Council
J Ross Clk.. Conc.
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