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118 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.
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Liber W. C.
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To the Right honoble the Lord Proprietary & the Honoble Court
the humble Peticon of Thomas Truman
Humbly Sheweth
That yor peticonr had a Pattent granted him ffor One thousand
acres of land called Trumans Choice, And upon a Warrant of
Resurvey there is ffound but three hundred seaventy ffive acres,
Yor peticoner humbly prayes, that the said Pattent ffor One thousand
Acres may bee Vacated and that hee may have a Pattent ffor the said
quantity that there is ffound. being three hundred seaventy and ffive
Acres And yor Peticonr shall as in duty bound Ever pray &ca.
Which Peticon afforesaid being read and heard Itt is ordered by
the Court here this day to witt the twelfth day of March in the
ffifth yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq
Doni One thousand six hundred seaventynine, that the afforesaid
Pattent ffor one thousand Acres bee surrendred up and Vacated
upon Record And that his Lopps Letters Pattent Issue ffor and in the
name of the aforesaid Thomas Truman ffor three hundred and
seaventy ffive Acres of Land
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p. 107 Richard Marsham
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William Collins
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William Collins late of Calvert County was At-
tached to answere unto Richard Marsham of
the same County in a plea of trespas upon the
case
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And whereupon the said Richard by Christopher Rousby his
Attorney Complayneth that Whereas the said Richard Marsham
ffor twenty yeares last past, hath lived and inhabitted, and as a
Master of a ffamily hath kept house and ffamily in Petuxent River in
Calvert County afforesaid, And by all that time hath used the faculty
of liveing and gotten his wealth and estate aswell by Planting
tobacco and disposeing of the same ffor goods servants and Marchan-
dize to Marchants and others ffrom time to time useing ffrequenting
and tradeing in this Province of Maryland as also by the lawfull
and necessary art and mistery of a house Carpenter, by reason
whereof the said Richard hath for the time aforesaid had occasion
to Entertaine & imploy great numbers or Gangs of servants, ffor
the ordering manageing Carying on and effecting of his said, trade,
ffaculty. art. mistery. and businesse aforesaid And Whereas the said
Richard now is a good true ffaithfull and honest person of this
Province, and as a good true ffaithfull and honest pson of this
Province without any guilt or suspicon of ffellony, Murder, Killing,
slaying, or any such Vile wicked unjust Art or Carriage whatsoever
hath ever hitherto lived since the day of his ffirst comeing into
this Province, And hath for the time aforesaid and ever behaved
himselfe lived and Continued of good name, ffame, condicon, creditt,
Conversation repute and behaviour, aswell towards all his neigh-
bours Marchants and other worthy and honoble persons of this
Province, And alsoe more especially as a carefull Loveing and kinde
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