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(227) & appurtenances to the same belonging for the full terme of None hundred Ninety and Nine Yeares Und.r the Rent of one Pepper Corne if Demanded w.th this Proviso That if the said Comp.lt his Executo.r Adm.r or assignes or any of them should well & truely pay or Cause to bee payd unto the said deft his Executo.rs Adm.rs or assignes att or upon the Now dwelling Plantacon of the said Comp.lt in Hunting Creeke aforesaid or att some other Convenient Landing place in Calvert County w.thin half a Mile of the waterside The Just sume of Twenty five thousand Eighty and Eight Pounds of Tobacco in Casq upon the Twentyeth day of December next Ensueing the date thereof w.thout any Fraud then the said Demise to bee voyd or else to stand in full force as by the said Deed might appeare and the Deft sayd that for what bills and accounts the deft Received of the Comp.lt to bee Putt in suite as aforesaid hee ought not to give him any Receipt for the same Nor was it usuall w.th Attornyes att Lawe soe to doe but sayd hee did use all his Utmost Endeavo.rs according to the duty of an Attorney for the speedy Recovery of the same and that the Comp.lt did Receive satisfaccon of seav.ll the deft sued for him for theire seav.ll debts as the deft beleived & the deft denyed hee did (but upon the Comp.lts solicitacon & request aforesaid) Und.rtooke the psecuteing or Defending any the accons aforesaid or agreed to pay his Credito.rs aforesaid but finding him much incumbred w.th debts & had a greate sume To Pay the Lord Prop.ry for his Land (w.ch he might otherwise loose) The deft to help him in his Necessity Relyeing upon his pmise to bee duely repaid What hee should pay for him w.th what Interest hee should desire w.th all his just fees and Disbursem.ts hee did pay the seav.ll sumes aforesaid but Knew not of any agreem.t the Comp.lt had made w.th any of his Credito.rs to take satisfaccon in goods That Tobacco was Very scarce w.th the Comp.lt & hee had very Little Tobacco that was good debts due to him Not soe much as the deft would give Foure thousand Pounds of Tobacco Denyed y.t hee did Ever Diswade the Comp.lt from selling his stock Cattle or Goods to pay his Debts or that hee would preserve the same from his Credito.rs but alwaies advised him soe to doe That y.e psonall Estate did not amount to above the sume of Twenty thousand pounds of Tobacco & that the same and Land aforesaid were Mortgages (to |
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