| First transcribed
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26 September 2012 +
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| First transcriber
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Will Kellett +
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| Folio
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235 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/71 +
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| Side
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Verso +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 26/09/2012 +
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| Transcription
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number comming from Virginia in any shipp … number comming from Virginia in any shipp or shipps to this Port of<br />
London and reckoned and accounted to bee a tonne of tobaccoe And<br />
during the sayd tyme it hath bin observed, comonly amongst Merchants and<br />
others tradeing to Virginia that hee that Covenants to bring a tonne of<br />
tobaccoe from Virginia covenants and agrees to bring fower Virginia<br />
hogsheads, and that the freight of fower Virginia hogsheads<br />
hath bin allwaies reckoned and accompted to bee a tonne<br />
according to usuall Customs and after that rate hee this deponent<br />
with within the tyme aforesayd divers tymes paid freight and [X GUTTER]<br />
freight of others, and hee this deponent hath heard from divers<br />
auncient traders to Virginia that that hath bin the Custome for<br />
many yeares before this deponent traded thither and further to<br />
this article hee cannot depose./
Upon the rest of the articles of this allegation hee is not examined<br />
by direction of the sayd Warner the producent./
To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth of his knowledge<br />
in this cause being soe required by Mr Warner the producent, and<br />
saith hee is noe way of Kindred of allyance to Warner and saith hee is<br />
indebted to him some smale matter but what hee knoweth<br />
not and that it will bee neither profitt nor preiudice to him either<br />
way soe ever this case bee adiudged hee not being interessed therein.<br />
And otherwise negatively./
To the 2 hee saith hee hath knowne the shipp ''Alexander'' for about<br />
a twelve moneth last past and was not at Virginia when shee was<br />
there And therefore cannot further answere to this Interrogatorie./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin and Colonell Cock.
John Harris. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the said allegation/
'''Rp. 5.'''
'''John Jefferies''' of London Merchant aged forty yeares or<br />
thereabouts a wittnes sworne and examined saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the 8th article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee this deponent<br />
hath for divers yeares last past used the trade of a Merchant to Virginia<br />
and thereby knoweth that it hath bin and is the usuall Custome there that<br />
fower Virginia hogsheads of tobaccoe are usually<br />
reckoned and accompted to bee a tonne of tobaccoe and hee this<br />
deponent hath often lost freight and taken freight of tobaccoe at [?this GUTTER]<br />
rate from Virginia hee that agreeth to bring from Virginia a tonne<br />
from Virginia And knoweth that amonst Merchants trading<br />
of Tobaccoe is commonly understood to have agreed to carrie thence<br />
fower Virginia hogsheads of tobaccoe and saith the freight of a tonne<br />
of Tobaccoe to be brought from Virginia and the freight of fower<br />
hogsheads.he freight of fower<br />
hogsheads. +
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