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besides three Barrels of Apples, three Barrels of Cyder, about
Twenty pounds weight of Butter, six small Gammons, fourteen
Tongues, and one Box of Soap, also about Two Tons of Pigg Iron
for Ballast, every of the said Articles (Soap & Tongues excepted)
your Memorialist, had brought from his own Plantation. The man
who had the charge of the Vessell, having many Errands, on shore
about the Vessell's materialls, directed one of the Prisoners (that
was to Act as mate) to take in and Stow the Bread & Flour, it
appears upon searching the Vessell, that he had taken in Six Barren's
of Flour more than your Memorialist had directed to be put on
board. That when your memorialist waited upon his Excellency
the Gov^r & Council, to the best of his knowledge (having lost or
mislaid the paper) he had directions to take on board, Four Barrels
of Flour & Four Barrels of Beef, without any mention of Bread,
which your Memorialist apprehends was forgot, at that Time, did
not expect the prisoners wou'd exceed five in number. But on having
Ten prisoners put on board, was the only reason, why your Mem-
orialist, order'd the Twenty four Barrels of Bread & flour to be
taken in, and the Quantity of Beef is not more than what his Excel-
lency the Gov^r & Council & allowed for Five men. On Thursday
the 26^th of Oct. 1780 your memorialist order'd the Sloop, to fall
below the Point, expecting to sail the next day: but was stopp'd by
Thomas Sollars Esq^r the Naval officer, who told your memorialist,
he had information, that Eighty Barrels of Provisions was on board
the Flagg and on searching the Hold he told your Memorialist,
that he had counted, Thirty Barrels of Bread & Flour, upon which
he order'd the Flagg sloop along side of a Vessell, commanded by
a certain Capⁿ Alien, & believes, he gave him charge of her, for
on Friday the 27^th of Oct. 1780 in the morning, the said Cap" Alien,
sent his Hands & took away the long Boat, from the said Flagg and
in the afternoon of the same day, Thomas Sollars Esq^r in C^o with
M^r Askquith (his Deputy) & the said Capⁿ Alien, came on board
the Flagg, and made a formal seizure, put the broad Arrow upon,
and intirely disposessed your Memorialist of her, and remanded the
prisoners back to Gaol, researched Her, to see if every thing was
in the same State as the preceeding night on overhauling the Hold,
Two negro men, was found there concealed, how, or when they
came on board, is intirely unknown to your memorialist, as will
appear by his Affidavit, hereto annexed. Your Memorialst humbly
hopes, that his Excellency the Gov^r his Council & the Honourable
Senators & delegates will take this matter into, their most serious
consideration and when they are convinced of the great expence,
Risque & Trouble, your Memorialist has been at, in bringing the
prisoners in perfect Health and safety from Providence to Balti-
more, they will be pleased, as soon as possible to give orders for his
Vessell and such quantity of provisions to be restored to him, as
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