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peeces of eight per potacca for freight, a … peeces of eight per potacca for freight, amounted in the whole to<br />
six thousand pounds sterling and upwards, and saith there were taken<br />
alsoe in the said shipp two thousand eight hundred cararra hides belonging<br />
to and laden for the accompt of the said Samuel Wilson and company<br />
which were worth to have bin sold in any port of England or<br />
ffrance foure thousand pounds sterling and upwards, more two<br />
hundred eightie five potaccoes of varinas tobacco for the same accompt<br />
worth tenn thousand pounds sterling and upwards; More a quantitie of<br />
Elephants teeth, some tonnes of [?ljuXX] vitae, and salt, the quantitie<br />
or valew whereof hee remembreth not having his bookes seized and<br />
taken away by the said ffrench upon their taking the said shipp and lading.<br />
More for the accompt of the said Samuel Wilson and company a<br />
box of Emmaralds and other Jewells, which cost three hundred pounds<br />
sterling and upwards. The premisses hee deposeth being<br />
merchant of the said shipp as aforesaid, and buying and lading the<br />
said goods soe laden for the said Mr Wilson and company their accompt<br />
and contracting for the freight of the foresaid Spanish goods. And<br />
saith the losse of the said shipp tackle, and furniture fell upon the<br />
said Mr Wilson and company all English men and marchants<br />
and subiects of this Commonwealth, for that they detained her and<br />
traded with her beyond the time limited by Charter partie made<br />
with the English owners of whom they tooke her to freight, and<br />
they have paid the said losse to the said owners accordingly. And<br />
further hee deposeth that the said Samuel Wilson and company had<br />
alsoe another shipp on the same designe and coast, called<br />
the ''Joseph and James'', John Shaw commannder, which (by reason<br />
the Spaniards would suffer but one of the said shipps at pnce to come<br />
into the said port of [?Guaira]) lay at a distance thence<br />
attending to come in when the other should have bin dischardged thence;<br />
and this deponent had procured her lading in a readinesse to put<br />
aboard her when shee should soe come in, but upon and by meanes<br />
of the said seizure by the ffrench the Spaniards being vexed<br />
at the losse they had suffered therein, not only refused to suffer<br />
the said shipp the ''Jospeh and James'' to come in and receive the<br />
said lading soe provided, but alsoe on shore seized severall goods<br />
merchandizes and debts belonging to the said Samuel Wilson and company, by<br />
which refusall of the said shiipp ''Joseph and James'' (which had long<br />
attended and was forced at length to goe away emptie) to come in and<br />
receive the said goods provided for her, and seizure of the said goods<br />
merchandizes and detts ashore, the said Samuell Wilson and company<br />
have suffered lose and damage to the valew of tenn thousand<br />
pounds sterling and upwards. All which dammages and losses were<br />
donne and caused by ffrench, subiects of the kinge of ffrance, which<br />
hee knoweth for the reasons aforesaid.
Henry Watkins [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]esaid.
Henry Watkins [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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