Charles County Court Proceedings, 16 71—1674.    367

    was not Admr of the Sd James Lendsey wherefore he craved a non- Liber E
    suite agst the Sd Plt wth was granted wth Costs of Suite.

     David Steward was attached to answer to Nich Solby of a plea of
    trespass on the Case & appeared by his Atturney Samuel Fendall
    who produced this Ensueing lre of Atturney.
     Know all men by these pnts that I David Steward of Charles
    County in the Pvince of Maryland planter doe hereby nominate
    Constitute & appoint mr Samuel Fendall of the County & Pvince
    aforesaid my true & Lawfull attorney for me & in my name To
    answer & defend a sute Comenced agst me by nicholas Solby in the
    County Court aforesaid & wt my Said Atturny shall lawfully doe
    therein I doe hereby ratifie & Confirme as fully & amply as if I my
    Selfe had been personally Prsent & had done the Same wittnes
    my hand & Seale this 12th of march 1671 David X Steward
    Signed Sealed & Dellivered     his marke
     in the prsence of us
        Jno X Miller Anthony Morley
         his mark
     And the plt prferred his declaration Complaining agst the deft [fol. 56]
    for that whereas on the twenty fifth of Aprill Anno Domini 1670 &
    at Severall times Since till the 19th day of may in the Same yeare
    did Administer to the Deft Severall parcells of physick &c amount-
    ing to the Sume of Six hundred & Sixty pounds of tobaccoe as by a
    particular accot hereunto annexd more plainly may appeare for the
    which the deft did then promise to Satisfy him the Said plt when
    thereunto required yet although often thereunto required he hath
    not payd the Said Sume of 66oth tobaccoe but doth altogether refuse
    to pay the Same whereby the plt Sth he is damnified & hath Lost to
    the vallew of 850 lb tob & thereupon he brings his Suite
     And produceth the Ensueing accot
    1670
    April 25                  David Steward Dr
            To a purging potion            040
       27   To blooding                    020
    May 6   To a dose of purging pills     035
            Epis pasticks to neck & wrists & plaster to Cure
               them againe                 040
        8   Cordiall potion for many times 080
       10   To Bottle of Aperitive Julep   060
       12   To a purging Glister           035
       16   Toapurge                       040
     19th   To 5 pills for Severall times for his Gripes. .     050
            To Spirit of vitrioll oyle of Anisseeds mithridate
               deascordiu                  060
            To Attendance                  200
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