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     the Rescue of the Seas, & the said Trade to Continue for a Con-            Liber W. C.
     siderable time lett the yeares prove good or bad, In pursueance of
     wch said agreement & the seaverall promisses and Assumptions af ore-
     said of the said Thomas Toulson the said Joseph Pile did at the
     speciall instance and Request at the said Thomas Toulson in the
     port of theProvince of Maryland Afterwards to wit the ffifteenth day
     of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord god One thousand six hundred
     Seaventy & six On Board the shipp Joseph and Benjamin of London
     Matthew Paine Comandr shipp Twenty hogsheads of Tobacco, & on
     the seaventeenth day of the same Moneth Twenty hogsheads of
     Tobacco more on board of the shipp the Anne of London Benjamin
     Cooper Comandr, in all forty hogsheads of tobacco Containing Neate
     sixteene Thousand ffoure hundred forty & nine pounds of Tobacco,
     & sent and Consigned the same to the said Thomas Toulson in
     London aforesaid, wch said sume of Tobacco at fourteene Shillings
     p Cent conies to One hundred and ffifteene pounds two shillings
     and Tenn pence, And the said Joseph Pile did afterwards that is to
     say Upon the eighth day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord one
     thousand six hundred seaventy and eight Upon the Like instance
     and request of the said Thomas Toulson & psueant to the said agree
     ment and promisses aforesaid in the port aforesaid, shipp on board
     the Shipp Joseph and Benjamin of London Edmund Paine Comandr
     One hundred hogsheads of Tobacco Containing Neate ffourty one
     Thousand Eight hundred seaventy and three pounds of Tobacco &
     sent & Consigned the same to the said Thomas Toulson as aforesaid
     wch at fourteene shillings p Cent as aforesaid comes to Two hun
     dred Ninety three Pounds Two shillings and Two pence, And the
     said Joseph Pile Pile did afterwards that is to say upon the seaven
     and twentyeth day of Aprill in the said yeare of our Lord 1678 at
     the like instance & request of the said Thomas Toulson & pursueant
     to the agreement and promisses aforesaid in the port aforesaid
     Shipp on board the said shipp the Anne of London the said Benjamin
     Cooper comandr Twenty two hogsheads of tobacco Containing Neate
     Eight thousand ifive hundred Twenty and seaven pounds of Tobacco,
     And sent and Consigned the sanie as aforesaid, wch at fourteene
     shillings p Cent as aforesaid Comes to ffifty nine pounds thirteene
     shillings & nine pence, And the said Joseph Pile did at the ffurther
     instance & request of the said Thomas Toulson and pursueant to the
     agreement & pmisses aforesaid in the Port aforesaid Afterwards
     that is to say upon the one and Twenteth day of March in the yeare
     of our Lord One thousand six hundred seaventy and Nine shipp on
     board the shipp Elizabeth and Mary of London Roger Newham
     Comandr sixty and Nine hogsheads of Tobacco Containing Neate
     Twenty eight thousand six hundred Eighty and one pounds of To
     bacco, and sent and Consigned the same as aforesaid wch at ffour
     teene shillings p Cent comes to Two hundred pounds ffifteene shillings     p. 451