378        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.

    Liber W. C.  the sd shipp within this Province And the said John in ffact sayth
                 that the said Alexandr Dennett upon the thirteenth day of May in
                 the yeare of our Lord 1681 Arrived in Petuxent River in the said
                 Province with his said shipp and the servants and goods afore
                 said Yett Notwithstanding the said Alexander Dennett although
                 oftent required a reasonable account of the said servants and goods
                 to the said John hath not as yet given, but the same to give hath
                 altogether denyed and refused, To the damage of the said John
                 ffifteene thousand pounds of tobacco And thereupon he bringeth
                 his suite
                   And the said Alexander Dennet by Griffith Jones his Attorney
                 cometh & defendeth the force and injury when &c. and prayeth
                 liberty to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court and it is
                 granted unto him, And the same day is given to ye plt also
                   Att wch said next Provinciali Court (to wit) the thirtyeth day
                 of Aprill in the Eighth yeare of the Dominion of the Right honoble
                 Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annocp. Doni. 1683 came the said
                 partyes by their Attorneys aforesaid And the said Alexandr Den
                 nett by his said Attorney sayth that he the said Alexandr alwayes
                 was and still is ready to render an account to the said John Parsons
                 of the sales of the servants in the said plantiffes Declaration men
                 tioned, Therefore it is considered by the Court here that the said
                 Alexander Dennet of the servants and goods of the same Jno Par
                 sons, by the time aforesaid in forme aforesaid received doe account,
                 And hereupon Major Thomas Taylor and Garrett Vanswearingen
                 gentl are by Consent of the same plt and deft and their Attorneys
                 Assigned Auditors by the Court here to heare Audite state and
                 examine the said account of the said Deft to the sd plt soe as they
                 make their Report thereof under their hands and seales to the
                 Justices of this Court on the first day of the next Provinciall Court
                   Now here at this day (to wit) the ffifth day of July in the yeare
                 aforesaid came the partyes aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid
                 And the said Thomas Taylor and Garret Vanswearingen the Au
                 ditors aforesaid returned to the Court here their Report of the
                 account by them stated betweene the said plt & Deft wch is as fol
                 loweth. Viz:
                   By vertue of a Comission directed to us by the honoble the Jus
                 tices of the provll Court to Audite state and examine the accounts
                 betweene John Parsons plt and Alexander Dennett deft, And in
                 Obedience to the said Comission Wee Thomas Taylor and Garrett
                 Vanswearingen have stated the account and doe make this our
                 report
                          Dr li Tob:
                 To the freight of himself and three Servants
                                                                       6000
                 at 1500. p head
                 To the Doctors Chest                   0060