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636) Anthony Rumball answerd upon his oath said I doe know the plt and Defendant I came by the knowledge that M.r Forbes had hired the five man boat from the said Forbes owne words and a receipt given as Attorney of Edward Robinson at the foot of said M.r Lows letter to the said Robinson the five man boat by report was reckoned to carry Thirty hhds And to the best of my remembrance the Complt was to pay for her hire the same rate that Cap.t Owen Phillips had paid before which as I cann alsoe remember was five pounds odd money but doe not remember the odd M.r Forbes did pmise to Carry the sd boat to M.r Lowe in Choptank river after he carryed his salt to Kent because had goods to bring from thence and would there agree with M.r Lowe for the further hire M.r Forbes did not send the said vessell to great Choptank to said M.r Lowe after he had recd her at Wye Towne but the said Vessell did rott at Wye Towne I know of no orders given by said Lowe to any person for receiving the said boat nor was I Agent for said Lowe I wrote said Lowe a letter to acquaint him of the said boat being kept at Wye Towne Whether the sd letter Came to hand I know not of certaine but to the best of my remembrance said Lowe some tyme after told me he had received that letter It was not by my order from the said Lowe that I delivered to Edward Russell a paire of shooes and a Dollar to looke after and pump the said Vessell but because I had wrote to the said Lowe and for fear the said Vessell should sinck I delivered the shooes &c To keep her above water untill I had received an answer from said Low Unto the freshes of Wye river I believe the said Vessell might have beene Carryed but not to Choptanke Some time after the said boat was returned from Kent as I remember in August Court following I came to Wye Towne and then did see the sd boat drove over to Bruffs Island and there sunck Edward Russell was Skipper a saylor and James Stuard had formerly used the seas the rest are planters |
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