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    yr Worshipps that they will be pleased to take it into there con- Liber E
    sideracons that he may have Justice Shewne to him and that accord-
    ing to the condicons expressed in his aforesd Indenture he may
    obtaine his freedome & what is his due according to the custome of
    the Contry
      whereupon the Comishoners ordred tht it Should be put a Jury
     Jury found the Indenture to be a firme Indenture & the Servt
    wthin the Indenture menconed to be free and the Deft to pay cost of
    Suite

      Thomas Pope and Rich Wyeland peticon the Court that they may
    continue to be Overseers in trust of the Estate of Richard Smith,
      was granted

      The Court hath allsoe granted an Attachmt for 400 lb pounds of
    tob cost out of the Estate of Samuell Harsnett unto Samuell
    Cressy

      The Court has allsoe granted an attachmt to Meverall Hulse for
    700 lb of tob & cost of Suite agt the goods and chattells of Edward
    Salmon in the hands of John Posey by peticon made to the Court as
    followeth
      Sheweth that whereas Edward Salmon Stands indebted unto Your
    Peticoner the Sume of Seaven hundred pounds of tob as by Spe-
    ciallety in Court doth appeare and tht the said Salmon hath left the
    Province and has not Satisfied yr Peticoner your Peticoner humbly
    craves an order in Court to attach his crop and your Peticoner Shall
    ever pray
    Edward Salmon his Bill:
      Know all men by these prsents tht I Edward Salmon doe owe unto
    Meverell Hubse the Just quantity of Seven hundred & tenn pounds of
    tobacco to be paid at or before the 10th of Octobr next to the wch
    paymt well and trueby to be made I binde my Self e my heyres Execu-
    tors & Admrs firmly by these prsents witness my hand and Seale this
    20th Febr 1671           Edward Salmon (locus
                                         Sigilli)

      To the Worshipp full the Comishoners of Charles County the
    humble peticon of Peter Carr
      Humbly Sheweth that your Peticoner hath in his keeping and has
    maintained one Elizabeth Lylly Ever Since Ever Since Shee hath
    beene borne and has not at all received any thing nor had at any
    tyme any thing considerable for her keepeing and now Shee is
    twelve yeares old or thereabout and your Peticoner is feare full that
    Shee may be enticed by Some or other from him
      Therefore Your Peticoner humbly craves tht Eliza: Lylly may be
    bound to yr Peticoner for Some certaine term of yeares as your
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