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(102) And delivered by each party but the Comp.lt tooke a certain noate or Letter directed to the said Nathaniell under the hand of the Said Thomas bearing date the Nine and Twentyeth day of June Anno Domini 1668 wherein the said Thomas gave the said Nathaniell to understand the substance of the said agreement and did thereby bind himselfe his heyres Executors & Administrators to the Effect as aforesaid which said Letter the said Thomas Trueman assured the Comp.lt on the word of an honest man should be as valid against him as any obligation under hand and seale as by the said Letter or writeing ready to be produced to the honn.rble Court might more plainly appeare and the Comp.lt further shewed that in pursuance of the said Contract and agreement he was by the said Thomas Trueman put into the possession of the said lands and Tenements premises and was att great Charges and expences in Removeing of his goods stock of hogs Cattle and servants thither to seat the same and did lay out and Expend divers Considerable sums of Tobacco in Cleering & building upon the same & in the yeare 1669 the said Nathaniell arriveing in this province and being made acquainted with the said Bargain approved thereof and seemed willing to ratifie and Confirme the same & to accept of tenn Thousand pounds of Tobacco att two Intire payments to witt six Thousand pounds of Tobacco to be paid by the Comp.lt in the yeare one Thousand six hundred & seaventy & four Thousand p.ds Tobacco more in the yeare following towards part of the Purchase for the said Land and for the Remainder of the said Purchase and in full satisfaction thereof he was willing to accept of the five hundred Acres of Land lyeing att the Ridge and for which the Comp.lt shewed them a Speciall warrant from his Exelencÿ the then Cap.n Generall for soe much to be layd out for the Comp.lt out of his Lordps mannor att the Ridge aforesaid and thereupon the Comp.lt did shortly after tender unto the said Nathaniell Trueman the said six Thousand pounds of Tobacco and was readÿ to have given him the said Nathaniell sufficient securitÿ for the payment of the Remainder being four Thousand pounds of Tobacco and to have procured the said five hundred Acres of Land to be granted to him by his said Lordp soe as the Comp.lt might have had the said Land and premisses well and sufficiently Conveyed to him as aforesaid all which was then friendly accorded to by the said Def.ts & in pursuance thereof they went together with the Comp.lt & M.r Charles Boteler a Deputy Surveyour went to attend M.r Henry Darnall to whom the warrant was Directed in order to (have) |
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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
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