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( 14 ) Augst 9th. 1692 In Regard his proportionall part was every thing &ca. The bundles being marked with the Said Jenckins his marke & was put by for him in ye Dormans own hands in a great heap in the Store, So they proceeded to linings, wollens Stuffs Silks, Searges Stuffs hatts & haberdasherie ware &ca. The Said Jenckins refuseing nothing as they went, neither finding fault with the goods, nor the prices of the goods: but after the delivery & Charging downe the sd Jenckins with Sixty five Several articles. The said Dorman begins to be in a passion & Said the said Jenckins picked & Culled his goods: who replyed he would appeal to the Standers by if that could be when nothing was refused nor disliked, but Dorman Said the goods he would keep: Lett him prove a bargain if he could. The Said Jenckins replyed the goods were now his, by Sale and delivery and that if Dorman plaid the knave in denying them lett it be at his peril: it being Satterday night, the sd Jenckins Stayed all night hard by & Coming by Dormans Store as it was in his way next morning Dorman invited him in againe, & did there acknowledge the fault C was his the said Dormans & if the sd Jenckins would Stay till Monday morning, he would C Certainly proceed Orderly & fairly to Compleat what they had begun; which the sd Jenckins was persuaded to: and went back to his quarters; and the next morning Comes againe: And fearing Dorman would Seek to put another trick upon him; by Seaventy yards of trading cloth which he had notice of that Dorman Sent for that morning which had laid ye Some years in the Country C Did therefore draw up a few lines, which he said was the Substance of their Agreemt. And tendred to Dorman to Subscribe to; if he meant honestly & had no further design to put a trick upon him who refused to sign Unless he would take two hundred paire of Shoes; which the said Jenckins told him he would, rather then any difference Should arise: And that Dorman had So many:but Dorman flew of (a fury) from that Then after they had further discoursed the matter The sd Jenckins taxed the said Dorman before the Deponant & divers others, how unfaire the said Dorman was; and how litle value he put upon his Credit; how that Dorman had proposed; if he would take Such a quantity as he then proposed, of his yarne Stockins: he would then call two or three faithfull friends & declare the bargaine to them: and then they would proceed: and yet would not Stand to his own proposals: And there upon the Said Jenckins desired the Deponant & divers others to take notice of y great abuse that Dorman put upon him and Charged the said Dorman to Secure the aforesd goods for him for yt he would try the matter with him to the Utmost the law would allow rather then be so fooled and by his means become a laughing Stock to the Country. That Dorman had drilled him on & made use of his (name) for a Stalking horse for the putting of his goods to Dormans advantage and kept him there of & in a week from his Earnest Ocasions at Such a juncture of time as he might probably have bettered Dormans pennieworths, if he had not Sold his tobacco to the sd Dorman and given him his Orders for it And on Monday May the 16th 1692 the said Jenckins went |
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