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              Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674.

        The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the abovebounden Liber M M
      Samuel Hatton his heirs executors and administrators shall and doe
      well and truly Observe per forme fullfill and Keepe all and every the
      Severall Covenants grants articles and agreements for ever here
      after to be observed performed fulifilled and Kept which are men
      tioned Specified and contained in a certaine Indenture beareing even
      date with these presents had and made betweene the said Samuel
      Hatton of the One part and the abovenamed Richard Keene on the
      other part and which on the part of the said Samuel are to be
      Observed performed fullfilled and Kept that then this Obligation
      to be Void and of none effect otherwise to Stand remaine and be in
      full power force Strength and Virtue.
Sealed and delivered in         Samuell Hatton (Seale.)
        the presence of Us
    Jn0 Blomfeild      The abovewritten bond together with the
    John Grigge        foregoing Indenture was by the said Sam
    Tho: Vaughan       uel Hatton acknowledged in Open Court
                       to be his act and deed the 18th day of
                          April 1674.

     Benjamin Rozer Be it remembred that at this Court to witt the
          agt fiftenth day of April in the two and fortith yeare
    Samuel Cressey   of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoq Dom
                  1674 Came Benjamin Rozer Gent One of the
                  Attornyes of the Court and exhibiteth here into
                  Court his certaine bill against Samuel Cressey
                  Gent One of the Attornyes of this Court of a plea
                  that he render unto him the Summe of Sixteen
                  thousand five hundred eighty and eight pounds
                  tobacco which to him he Oweth and unjustly
                  deteineth.
        And whereupon the said Benjamin in his Proper Person saith
      that whereas the said Samuel the fourtenth day of May 1673 by
      his certaine writeing Obligatory Sealed with the Seale of him the p. 194
      said Samuel whose date is the day and yeare abovesaid and here in
      Court produced did acknowledge himselfe to owe and stand indebted
      unto the said Benjamin in the full and just Summe of sixteene
      thousand five hundred eighty and eight pounds of sound merchanta
      ble leafe tobacco in caske to be paid to the said Benjamin his heirs
      assignes or certaine Attorny conveniently neare Portobacco creeke
      upon demand to which payment well and truly to be made and done
      the said Samuel did bind himselfe his heirs executors & admrs firmly
      by those presents Notwithstanding which the said Samuel the said
      sixteene thousand five hundred eighty and eight pounds of tobacco
      to him the said Benjamin according to the tenor of the said writeing
      Obligatory hath not Paid though often demanded but the same to