214 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.
p. 171

Robert Morris of Ratcliffe Mariner is ready to make oath th^t in
June 1653 or thereabouts Samuel Tilghman master of the ship
Goulden ffortune then att S^t Maries in Maryland, did receaue into
the s^d ship one hogshead of Tob, to bee deliuered in London shipped
by Robert Kedger Lyuing in that place; w^th a Charge to One John
Browne then being a Passenger in the s^d ship, by the s^d Rob^t Kedger
to deliuer it to a ffreind of the s^d Kedgers in Sowthwarke. Deliuer-
ing to the s^d Browne his letter & Bill of Lading, w^th order to the s^d
Browne to deliuer it w^th the letter & Bill as aboues^d, But in case hee
could not find his friend, to dispose of it & giue him an Accompt.
Allso the s^d Rob^t Morris will depose That the s^d Browne told him
That he could not find the s^d Kedgers ffreind, & therfore according
to Order from the s^d Kedger hee made sale of the hogshead in his
sight, But what money Browne receiued therefore he is uncertaine.
Allso the s^d Rob^t Morris Two yeares after was questioned by a
Seruant of the s^d Kedgers about this busines, where in Virginia
he made Oath to giue the s^d Kedger satisfaction to what is aboue-
sayd sett downe. And the s^d Rob^t Morris doth likewise say & is
ready to make oath That the hogshead was much Damnifyed when
Browne sould it.
To all w^ch p^eticulars I am ready to make Oath
Rob. Morris

June 15^th 1657 To M^r Jeremiah Callaway

S^r pray pay unto Cap^t Samuel Tilghman or his order, att sight
of this my first Bill of Exchange my second & third not comming
to hands, the summe of ffowre pownds sterl. Pray make good
payment, & place itt to the acco^t of yo^r uery louing ffreind.
Rob^t Kedger.

Bee it knowne unto all men by these p^ents That one the thirteenth
day of the month of Noumb^r in the yeare of Our Lord 1657 att the
instance & request of M^r Samuel Tilghman of Ratcliffe Mariner I
John Daniel Notary & Tabellion publick dwelling in London, ad-
mitted & sworne went to the now dwelling howse of M^r Jeremiah
Calloway scituate in Southwark neere London, & there speaking to
his seruant I asked him if that the s^d M^r Jeremiah Callaway his
Master were att home, or had left any Order w^th him for the paym^t
of a Certaine Originall Bill of Exchange unto him shewen & whereof
the Coppey here before is written word for word. Whereuppon the
s^d Seru^t answered that his Master was not w^th in, neyther had hee
left any Order w^th him for the paym^t of the s^d Bill of Exchange, W^ch

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answere I the s^d notarie hauing heard, att the instance & request as
afores^d protested, euen as I doe protest by these p^ents for want of
p^ent paym^t of the s^d Bill of Exchange, & of Exchange & Rechange &