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272) on board the said Vessel called the Carolina to wit Thirty Tonns of Pig Iron and One hundred and sixty five Hogsheads of Maryland leaf Tobacco being marked and Numbred as is described in the schedule hereunto annexed the said Thirty Tonns of Pig Iron and One hundred and sixty five Hogsheads of Maryland Leaf Tobacco To Have and to hold unto him the said Captain Richard Gill his Heirs and Assignes for Ever to the only Proper Use and behoofe of him the said Captain Richard Gill his Heirs and Assignes for Ever and I the said Taillor Higginson do by the Presents the above bargained premisses unto the said Cap.t Richard Gill covenant against the Claim of me my Heirs and all other Persons to warrant and for Ever defend and that I have full power and Lawfull Authority of the above bargained Premisses in Manner & form aforesaid to sell and dispose In Witness whereof I have unto these Presents set my hand and affixed my Seal this 19.th Day of October 1741 Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of The Words (by) & (have) were interlined Taillor Higginson Seal on the other side before the signing and Delivery hereof At the foot of the aforegoing Bill Margaret Cromwell of Sale was the following Receipt Jacob Clawson and Probate Viz.t Oct.r 19.th 1741 Reced of Cap.t Richard Gill the Sum of Eight hundred Pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain in full for the within Iron and Tobacco by me Margaret Cromwell Taillor Higginson Jacob Clawson November the 7.th 1741 Then Came Jacob Clawson one of the subscribing Evidences to the within & above Bill of Sale before me one of his Lordships the Right Honble the Lord Propry his Justices of the Provincial Court of Maryland and Made Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that he saw the said Taillor Higginson therein named Sign Seal and Deliver the Same as his Act and Deed for the Uses therein mentioned And likewise makes Oath that he saw Margaret Cromwell the other Subscribing Evidence (who is since Dead) Sign her (Name) |
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