Chancery Court Proceedings, 1677.  489

     Comp.lt in Consideration thereof was to pay unto the said Nathaniell Liber P C
     Truman or his order either soe much land att the Ridge which he
     was in tryall for with M.r White or part of the Governour mannor
     or else to pay Two Thousand pounds of Tobacco for every one
     hundred Acres or part Tobacco and part land att his Choice but if
     the said Nathaniell should att his Returne into this Province refuse
     to make such Deed and Sufficient Sale & Conveyance of the said
     land as aforesaid and keepe the said land himselfe then the said
     Thomas Truman did for himselfe his heyres Execut.rs & Ad-
     ministrat.rs Covenant & agree to make fitt Satisfaction to the Comp.lt
     for all his Charges and trouble that he had been att or should then
     after be att in the seating cleering and building upon the premises
     and the Comp.It reposeing great trust & Confidence in the said
     Thomas his old freind and accquaintance and not doubting but that
     the said Thomas and Nathaniell would have performed the said
     agreement and either have made the Comp.lt a Sufficient and Legall
     Estate of Inheritance of the Premisses or repaid the Comp.It what
     Charges he should be att in Seating building and Cleering the prem-
     isses with other necessary Charges about the same he the said Comp.lt
     was negligent and carelesse to have the Said Agreement & Contract
     reduced into writeing according to the usuall way of Covenants &
     Articles of agreement to be in due form of Law Sealed And delivered
     by each party but the Comp.lt tooke a certain noate or Letter directed p. 102
     to the said Nathaniell under the hand of the Said Thomas bearing
     date the Nine and Twentyeth day of June Anno Domini 1668
     wherein the said Thomas gave the said Nathaniell to understand
     the Substance of the said agreement and did thereby bind himselfe
     his heyres Executors & Administrators to the Effect as aforesaid
     which said Letter the said Thomas Trueman assured the Comp.lt on
     the word of an honest man should be as valid against him as any
     obligation under hand and Seale as by the said Letter or writeing
     ready to be produced to the honn.able Court might more plainly
     appeare and the Comp.lt further shewed that in pursuance of the
     said Contract and agreement he was by the said Thomas Trueman
     put into the possession of the said lands and premises and was att
     great Charges and Expences in Removeing of his goods Stock of
     hogs Cattle and servants thither to Seat the same, and did lay out
     and Expend divers Considerable suths of Tobacco in Cleering &
     building upon the Same, & in the yeare 1669 the said Nathaniell
     arriveing in this province and being made acquainted with the said
     Bargain approved thereof and Seemed willing to ratifie and Con-
     firme the Same & to accept of tenn Thousand pounds of Tobacco
     att two Intire payments to witt Six Thousand pounds of Tobacco
     to be paid by the Comp.lt in the yeare one Thousand Six hundred &
     Seaventy & four Thousand p.ds Tobacco more in the yeare following
     towards part of the Purchase for the said Land and for the Remainder