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      Court tht Hannah Lee admistratrix to her sd Deceased husband may Liber B B
      pay the sd Tob, wth Charges of Court. And yor Petr shall pray &c:

      James Neale plf The deft denyeth all what the plf alleageth in his
      Hannah Lee deft Petn, And therefore prayeth tht the plf proue
      his demand. The plf not hauing Bill for his sd Debt from the De
      ceased, nor the Adthistratrix, The deft Craueth the Benefitt of tht
      Act for paymt of Debts uppon Dead mens Estates, wthout Bond or
      Spcialty. Thereuppon Ordered tht the plf bee Nonsuited.


      To the honble the Gour & Councell of this Prouince.    [p. 331
        The humble Petn of Rich: Collett sheweth

        That whereas yor petr is authorized & impowred by uertue of a
      Ire of Attorney grall to receaue what Debts can be made appeare due
      unto Mr Raymond Staplefort mercht & whereas by Bill John Tucker
      stands indebted unto the sd Staplefort in the full & just summe of
      Three Thowsd one hundd seuenty & Two pownds of Tob & cask due
      uppon all demands, The wch notwthstanding yor Petr hath demanded
      yett noe Tobacco hath receaued, Wherefore yor Petr most humbly
      Craueth order for the sd Debt Court charges & costs of suite &
      yor Petr shall euer pray &c:
        Bee it knowne unto all men by these prnts tht I Raymond Staple-
      fort of Maryland mercht haue made assigned, ordayned authorized,
      deputed & appoynted, & in my place by these prnts haue putt my
      ffreind Mr Richard Coliett of Maryland Sheriffe my true & lawfull
      Attorney, for mee & in my name & steed, & to my use to aske, Leauy
      & demand all such quanties of Tob as are due & owing unto mee tile
      sd Raymond Staplefort, eyther by Bill, bond or accompt, or by any
      other way or meanes whatsoeur, Gyuing unto my sd Attorney atthor
      ity to pleade, arrest, attatch & imprisone or cause to condemne & out
      of prison to release, Likewise to deliuer lrës of acquittance & other
      discharges, in my name to finish & conclude all Lawfull & reasonable
      Act or Acts whatsoeur as to him my sd Attorney shall seeme ex
      pedient or effectuall as if I were prsonally prnt. In wittnes whereof
      I hauc hereto sett my hand & Seale this Twenty Seuenth day of May
      in the yeare of Our Lord One Thowsd six hundd sixty Three
        Wittnes prnt           Raymond Staplefort Seale
           J osamus Dixfus Joseph Winslow.
      Raymond Staplefort plf   The Attorney produceth the dëfts Bill,
      John Tucker deftfor 3I72£ Tob & cask, in open Court. The
      deft alleageth & sayth that hee neuer receaued of Mr Staplefort the
      full ConsideraOn for what tht Bill was passed, & bringeth negatiue Vid. fol. 113
      deposns to proue the same. The plf urgeth for his Bill, And the deft & 114.
      confesseth that is his owne Bill, & signed by himselfe [p. 54]







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