326  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664.






                Liber B B To the Honble Gouernor & Councell
                       The humble pete of Jno Abington sheweth
                       That John Salesbury is by Couenant under hand obleiged as an
                      Ouerseer to looke after yor petrs seruants and to use his best en
                      deauour in imploying himselfe and the said Seruants for making
                      of Cropps, as allsoe to looke after all stocks of Cattle hoggs and the
                      like as by Couenant may appeare, and allsoe to giue yor petr twelue
                      monthes warning from the howseing of the Cropp before he departs
                      yor petrs imployment all which he hath neglected to doe to yor petrs
                      greate damage
                       Therefore yor petrs humble request is that he may haue an at
                      tachmt agst the Estate of the sd Salesbury for his dammage—And he
                      shall pray
                       Ordred an attachmt doe issue (as is desired upon the aboue men
                      toned peten and that att the next Prouinciall Court the said John
                      Salesbury or his Attorney doe appeare to answere the suite of the
                      said John Abington, otherwise Judgmt to pass agst the Estate of the
                      sd Salesbury
                       Articles of Agreemt made betweene John Abington of the one
                      part and John Salesbury of the other parte wittnesseth as follow
                      ing (uizt)
                       Impr The said John Salesbury as an Ouerseer shall take Care and
                       Charge of such seruants as are or shall bee deliuered to him from time
                       to time by the sd John Abington, and doth by these prsents obleige
                       himselfe to use his best endeauour in imploying himselfe and the
                       said seruants to make good and Sufficient Cropps both of tob: and
                       Corne which said Cropps being finished shall be equally diuided
                       into soe many parts as himselfe and the said seruants shall amount
                       unto, whereof One share and a halfe of both Corne and tobacco
                       shall be and remaine to the use of the sd John Salesbury English
                       graine excepted and the other partes to the use of the said John
                       Abington or his Assignes. One of which seruants is to be a Cow
                       keeper for whome the said Abington is to haue but halfe a share of
                       the said Cropps—
                       2dly The said John Salesbury is to finde and prouide att his owne
                      Charge all accomodacon for himselfe wife and Children onely the
                 [p.401] said Abington is to prouide houseroome for him his wife and Chil
                      dren to dwell in during this agreemt
                        The said John Salesbury is to haue more then a share and a
                       halfe of the Cropp six hundred pounds of tobacco in Goods of the
                       said Abington the said Salesbury paying the said Abington for soe
                       many Caske as shall Containe his part of the Crop—
                       4thly That all such Cattle hoggs horses and Mares as shall be de
                      liuered to the said Salesbury by the said Abington shall Wth theire
                      encrease be Carefully looked after winter and summer and what