Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664.  327






      Cattle the said John Salesbury shall haue of his owne are to be looked Liber B B
        unto by the Cow Keeper and haue the same Liberty in and about
        the plantacon as the said Abington hath—
        5thly if the said Abington doth procure a seruant of his owne he
      shall be allowed to worke the seruants of the Abington and
        haue such share of the Cropp as shall be hereafter agreed upon by
        the said partyes—
        6thIy This Agreement to beginn from the day of the date hereof
      and to Continue soe long as both partyes shall thinke fitt and uppon
      dislike of either partyes to giue the other twelue months warning
      from the houseing of the Cropp otherwise to prouide for themselues
      and theire Affaires in wittnes whereof the partyes wthin menconed
      haue hereunto sett theire handes this 26th day Octobr 1663—
        Wittness Richard Marssam     The marke of
           John King                 John Salesbury
      To the Honble the Gouernot and Councell of the prouince of Maryland
        The humble pete of John Abington sheweth
        That John Salesbury as an Ouerseer is by Couent undr hand
      writeing obleiged to looke after yor petrs seruants and to imploy
      himselfe and the said seruants in makeing of Crops which he hath
      not done by Carrying seuerall of the seruants in the winter when they
      should haue been Clearing and prouiding ground for a Crop being
      uppon a new plantacon of the ground about his owne Occasions
      sometymes 3. 4. & 5. seruants for 2: & 3 dayes togegether by which
      meanes the winter worke was lost and also absenting himselfe abt
      the latter end of May for 3 dayes when it was a good season for
      planting of tobacco which season by that meanes was lost and yor
      petrs Cropp by that meanes not planted before July which Crop will
      appeare to yor Honnrs by the Loss of the winters worke not to be
      halfe a Cropp he allsoe absented himselfe 3 dayes about the latter
      end of Augst when it was faire weather and a Considerable quan- [p.
        tity of tobacco were ripe and fitt for the house the major part of
        which was lost by his absence a glutt of raine following for tenn
        dayes together which Caused the said tobacco to spott soe much that
        it was not fitt for the howse to the greate damage of the Cropp and
        yor petr he did allsoe absent himselfe diuers times one day togather
        in the summer time he was allsoe obleiged by Couenant to looke
        after all stocks which he refused to doe and allsoe not to desert yor
        petrs imploymt wthout giuing him twelue months warning from the
        howseing of the Cropp and before this Crop of tobacco was howsed
        he fledd out of this prouince from his Just debts & Couenants to yor
        petrs greate damage—
        Yor petrs humble request therefore is that yor Honnors will take
      the prmisses into yor serious Consideracons or appoint a Jury to
      Consider therein and allowe yor petr such sattisfaccon as in theire