358 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1769-1770.

Lib. C. B.

No. 20

fed on good Bacon and Pork and good Beef and Greens or
good Peas soop, good fresh Rock Fish Boiled and Buttered or
Fryed and often fresh Lamb, the Prisoners had frequently
Cyder twice a Week a large Buckett full at a time till late in the

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Summer. This Deponent further saith that the Prisoners never
applied to any of Esq^r Lee's Family for Tea or a Dram or any
thing else but they readily had it sent them, the Prisoners had
three or four Boys or Girls to tend on them and the Prisoners
never called them to fetch Water or any thing else if Esq^r Lee
heard he immediately made them see what was wanting. We
always had Water to wash the Goal and scald the Bedsteads
when we wanted it. When the Weather grew hot the Pris-
oners complained there was not Air enough and I wrote to the
Esquire about it and he immediately had another Window
Cut and the Window Shutter left open of a Night but for all
this usage Doncastle often persuaded this Deponent that he
had better break Goal and go out. There never came a Stranger
Committed to Goal but Doncastle persuaded them they had
better break out for they would starve alive. M^rs Lee was so
kind when she heard any of the Prisoners was sick she sent
them Tea Coffee Good Broth or Panado and good Beer to
drink. All this usage would not satisfy Doncastle and Wright
they often said they would Sue the Sheriff and ruin both his
Purse and Character and all his Family. If any Strange Gen-
tleman came to Esq^r Lee's House Doncastle kept continually
hallowing telling them they were all Starving alive at the same
time there was a great Quantity of Provision in the Goal and
between Meals the Prisoners gave a large Quantity of Meat
out of the Goal to the Negroes. All this kind treatment would
not Satisfy Doncastle he kept a large Quantity of Beef and
Bread in the Goal for ten or twelve days drying in the Goal
and then sent it to Portobacco for the Gentlemen to look at.
Doncastle was continually abusing Esq^r Lee and all his Family
saying old Lee was a old Damned Roguish son of a Bitch and he
had always kept better Company than he or any of his Family,
he called M^rs Lee nothing but old Jezable dry bones for an old
Damned Bitch and the Sheriff a Crack brained Whipping Dick
for a son of a Bitch and the young Ladies whores or Bitches
when he saw them within the yard. Esq^r Lee's Housekeeper
came frequently to the Goal to ask if all was well and Don-
castle used to Abuse her in so blackguard a manner she could
not stay neither would any Person hear it if they had any
Modesty in them. He often abused me very much because I used
to Chide him in telling him he had no Right to abuse the Family
for the kind treatment he and all the Prisoners received from
their tender Hands. This Deponent has heard Doncastle say he
would write a History and it should contain a large Quantity