508    Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669—70.

        Liber JJ   quantity of seven hundred and seventeene pounds of tobacco and by
              One Obligation I stand bound unto Daniel Jenifer of St Maries
              County beareing date the fiftenth day of December One thousand six
              hundred sixty eight for eleven hundred sixty One pounds of tobacco
              and by One Obligation I Stand bound unto Daniel Jenifer of 5t
              Maries County beareiug date the sevententh day of April One thou-
              sand six hundred sixty nine for eleven hundred forty foure pounds
              of tobacco, and whereas I stand bound unto Philip Biss of Bristoll
              merchant by One Obligation for foure thousand seven hundred
              pounds of tobacco and whereas I am endebted upon accompt unto
              Thomas Notley of St Maries County the quantity of two thousand
              seven hundred pounds of tobacco, I the abovesaid Edmond Lindsey
              doe hereby give warrant and authority unto Benjamin Rozer or any
              Other of the Attornyes of his LOpps provinciall Court of this Prov-
              ince to appeare for me in the said provinciall Court unto any action or
              suite there to be brought or commenced against me the said Edmund
              Lindsey by any the persons above mentioned upon any the Obliga-
              tions or debts abovementioned and to acknowledge or con fesse a
              judgmt or judgments upon the said Obligations or debts the next Pro-
              vinciall Court ensueing the date hereof and this shall be your Suf-
              ficient warrant In wittnes to which I have hereto Sett my hand and
              Seale this second day of February One thousand six hundred Sixty
              nine                        Signum
              Wittnesses John AllenEdmundi + (sealed)
                      Daniell Johnson          Lindsey
              February the viiith MDClxix The abovewritten Letter of Attorny
              proved by the Oathes of John Allen and Daniel Johnson wittnesses
              thereunto in Open Court        Jno Blomfeild Cler.

                Edmund Lindsey late of Charles County otherwise called Ed-
              mund Lindsey of Charles County in the Province of Maryland was
              suthoned to answer Daniel Jenifer and Mary his wife late called Mary
              Smith of a plea that he render to them seaven hundred and Seven-
              teene pounds of tobacco which he Oweth and unjustly detaineth &c.
                And whereupon the said Daniel and Mary say that whereas the
         [p. 58] aforesaid Edmund the fourth day of June in the xxxviith yeare of the
              Dominion of Caecilius &c one thousand six hundred sixty eight by his
              certaine bill Obligatory Sealed with the seale of him the said Ed-
              mund and here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare
              abovesaid did bind himselfe his heirs executors and administrators
              to pay or cause to be paid unto the said Mary while she was sole
              her heirs executors administrs or assignes the full and just summe
              or quantity of seven hundred and seventeene pounds of good sound
              merchantable tobacco and caske according to Act of Assembly being
              for accomodations received at her house to be paid upon demand and
              the said Daniel and Mary in fact say that the aforesaid Edmund the