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which were noe part of the [?pred] 2500000 … which were noe part of the [?pred] 2500000) alsoe<br />
boxes of sweat meates and many gammons of bacon, and some earthenware<br />
with the said shipp for his owne account, which oranges and lemmons, sweate<br />
meates, bacon, and earthen ware together with his clothes taken away by the<br />
said ffrenchmen, were worth the summe of fiftie pounds sterling, all which<br />
hee utterly lost by the said seizure.
To the last hee saith that this deponents said master<br />
Turner, Mr Thomas Broderick John Parker and William<br />
[XXXX] were and are commonly accounted owners of the<br />
said ketch and of her tackle, apparell and furniture, and otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose/
William Childe [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 20th of June 1656
The claime of Manuel Garcia of Lisborne}<br />
merchant for tenn chests of white Sugar}<br />
in the ''Nostra Seniora da Rosario'', George}<br />
Wheeler commander. Suckly. Budd.}
Examined upon an allegation and schedule<br />
given in on the behalfe of the said<br />
claimers
'''dt. Coronnell'''
'''.j.'''
'''Joseph d'Oliviera''' of Roane in ffrance<br />
Marchant, aged 24 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and exámined.
To the first and second árticles of the said allegation hee saith and<br />
deposeth that hee well knoweth the producent Manuel Garcia, and<br />
served him at Lisbone as his booke keeper and writer in his<br />
counting house at Lisbone from the yeere 1648 to the yeere 1652<br />
or thereabouts namely for the space of foure yeeres or thereabouts<br />
and thereby well knoweth that hee the said Manuel about five<br />
or six monethes after the date of the bill of lading annexed received<br />
a letter of advice from his brother and father Edward or Duarte<br />
Garcia residing at Bahia da Todas los Santos in Brazila<br />
advising that hee the said Duarte had for account of the said<br />
Manuel laden aboard the shipp the Nostra Seniora da Rosario<br />
commanded by Captaine (George Wheeler and bound for Lisb[one GUTTER]<br />
tenn chests of white sugar marked as in the margent, to be
'''MBG''' [MARKE, LH MARGIN]
at Lisbone delivered to him the said Manuel or order for his owne<br />
accompt, advising withall that they were the proceede of goods<br />
which hee had received from the said Manuel, and in the said letter.<br />
hee the said Duarte sent one of the bills of lading signed by the<br />
said wheeler for receipt of the said sugar aboard, being as hee<br />
beleeveth the said bill annexed or another of the same tenor<br />
which hee knoweth for that hee this deponent sawe the said letter<br />
and bill upon the said receipt by the said Manuel and entred the<br />
same letter in his coppiebooke, and alsoe sawe the factorie which<br />
came alonge with the same, and well knoweth that the said Manuel<br />
had before sent severall merchandizes for his owne account<br />
to the said Garcia [?Re] Bahia da Todos los Santos aforesaid, and<br />
for theise reasons hee well knoweth the said Manuel to bee the true<br />
and lawfull owner and proprietor of the said tenn chests of white<br />
sugar, And otherwise cannot depose.
To the third hee saith that the said Duarte Garcia was and is<br />
commonly accounted the brother of the said producent, and was the<br />
time aforesaid (as this deponent hath bin credibly informed<br />
dwelling at Bahia da Todos los Santos aforesaid, and saith that the said<br />
Manueland saith that the said<br />
Manuel +
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