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To be void & of none effect otherwise to Stand in full force power & Vertue . //

     Then was produced this following Bond (viz)

Maryland Somerset County Ss.

Know all Men by these presents that I Griffin Morris of the County afd am holden

& firmly bounden unto ffrancis Jenckins of the County afd Gent in y^e full

& just Sum or Quantity of Three thousand one hundred eighty Seven –

pounds of good Sound merchantable tobacco in Caske due to be paid unto y^e

Said ffrancis Jenckins his Heirs Extors Adm^rs of Assigns or Lawful Att^rny

to w^ch payment well & truely to be made & done I bind myself my Heirs

Exto^rs & Adm^rs firmly by these presents to the sd ffra. his Heirs Extors & Adm^rs

In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal this 31 day of

October anno Domini 1690 . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The Condicon of this p^rsent Obligacon is Such that if the above

bounden Griffin Morris his Heirs Extors of Adm^rs shall well & truely

Satisfie Content & pay unto the above Named ffra Jenckins his Heirs Extors

Adm^rs of Assigns the just Sum or quantity of one thousand five hundred

ninety three & a halfe pounds of good Sound merchantable bright and

large tobacco in Caske Convenient in the County aft that then this p^rsent

Obligation to be void & of none effect otherwise to stand in full force power

& vertue . //                                                                  his

Sealed & delivered in                                     Griffin ❂ Morris ❂

p^rsence of us –                                                               marke

Isabel Davison her marke

Jn^o Vigerous //

  The Original Writt being returned Non est Inventus the p^rmises

Considered this Court doe Order an Attachm^t to issue agt the goods &ca.

of the Said Morris he y^e sd Jenckins first giving Security according to Law.

M^r James Round Plt                 Somerset County Ss.

Griffin Morris Dft } Griffin Morris late of this County was

– – – – – – – –                      attached to answer unto James Round

Gentl of a plea of Trespas on y^e Case &ca. ____ And whereupon the sd James

by Peter Dent his Attorney Complains that whereas the sd Griffin y^e 14^th day

of June in the year of o^r Lord 1695. at Monocan within the Jurisdiction of this

Court was indebted to the sd James in the Sum of one hundred Seventy nine pounds

of Porke & Eight hundred & eighty & one half pound of tobacco being the

ballance of a Certain acco^t for Sundry goods & Merchandizes Sold & delivered

as by acco^t here in Court may appear & the sd Griffin to the sd James in manner

afd being indebted did assume on himself & to the sd James faithfully

promise that he the sd Griffin the Same to the sd James would well & truely [content]

& pay Nevertheless the sd Griffin his p^rmise & assumption afd not regarding

but minding & fraudulently intending the sd James in this behalfe to

deceive & defraud the Same to the sd James hath not paid but hath hitherto

refused & doth Still refuse to the damage of the Said James of two thousand

pounds of tobaco & thereof he brings his Sute.

                                                                                      Dent p^r Que^r

                                                         Verte