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       aduise & Counsell of any Lawyer whensoeut the sd Wates or his Liber B B
       heyres shall thereunto call mee. And to the true performance hereof
       I haue hereunto sett my hand & Seale this 18th Aprill 1663.
         Signed Sealed & Deliuered  William Bushell
          in the prnce of us           his marke
           Henry Hyde William          Canady. Locus Sigilli

         Know all men by these prsents tht I Samuel Tilghman Commander
       of the Golden ffortune doe constitute & appoynt Abraham Rowse
       my true & law full Attorney to aske, demand, receaue, recout release
       acquitt & discharge any prson or prsons that is indebted unto mee
       eyther by Bill or account deliuered unto him, And shall ratify & con
       firme any thing tht my Attorney shall Lawfully doe, as if I were
       prsonally pTsent. As wittnes my hand this 24th Aprill 1663.
         Teste John Meekes             Sam” Tilghman
            The mark of John 2 Chearman

         Capt Samuel Tilghman enters Caueatt agst the Admistrator of
       Humphrey Haggett Deceased for 886£ Tob in Cask.

         John Meeks Chyrurgeon enters Caueat agst the Admistrator of
       Humphrey Haggett Deceased for

         Cecilius Absolute Lord & Proprietary of the Prouinces of Mary
       land & Aualon, Lord Baron of Baltemore &c: To John Bateman Esq
       Richard Smith & William Dorington gentn Greeting, Whereas our
       Writt of Couent dependeth before the Gouernot & Councell att our
       Prouinciall Court, Betweene Andrew Cooke mercht, & Thomas Man- 28]
       ning & Grace his wife gentn of ffiue hundd Acres of Land called
       Malden, Lying on the East side of Chesapeack Bay, & on the Branch
       of a Riuer called Choptanck Riuer, And for a fyne to bee thereof vid. writt
       Leauyed betweene them before the sd Gouernot & Councel att the lib. 1662,
       Prouiriciall Court according to the Lawes & (Tiictnrnes of this Prou- fol. 1179.

       ince, And the sd Thomas Manning & Grace his wife (as wee arc
       informed) are soe weake that they are not able wthout greate danger
       of their Bodies to trauayle to the Proull Court aforesd by the day
       contayned in the writt, to make the acknowledgmts wch are requi
       site to bee made in tht behalfe, Wee tendering the Estate of the sd
       Thomas Manning & Grace his wife in this behalf e, Haue gyuen yow
       Three, or Two of yow power to take the acknowledgmts wch the sd
       Thomas Manning & Grace his wife will make before yow Three or
       Two of yow That goeing in person to the sd Thomas Manning &
       Grace his wife yow take their acknowledgmts, And when yow shall
       haue taken them, yow certify the same distinctly & plainely to the
       Gouernot and Councell under yor seales Three or Two of yow, That
       then the sd fyne may betweene the sd prties of the prmises may bee
       Leauyed before the sayd Gouernor & Councell att the Prouinciall