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1. The Johns Adventure then rideing and being aboar in the River of Boston
2. aforesaid, one barrill of beaver and other skinns marked and numbred as in
3. the margent being consigned to the said Henry Ashurst his Correspondents
4. here in London, which barrill of goods this deponent received aboard the said
5. shipp by order from his precontest John Cutting then ashoare at Boston, who
6. writte a note to this deponent to receive the same ˹aboard˺ for the said Mr Sheafes accompt
7. which this deponent did and gave a note under his hand for such the receipt
8. thereof, but what was the quantitie of the said skinns hee saith hee knoweth
9. not no And otherwise saith hee cannot depose:-/
10. To the third hee saith and schedule or Invoyce annexed now seene and perused
11. by this examinate hee saith hee hath no positive or particular knowledge of
12. the writeing sending or contents of the said schedule, but foresasmuch as this
13. deponent hath often seene and observed the usuall character and firme of the said
14. Sheafe, and ˹hee˺ thereby is induced verily to beleeve that the said schedule or writeing,
15. or factorie was and is really written and signed with the proper hand writeing
16. of the said Sheafe, And further cannot depose: saving that about 14 moneths
17. since this deponent being employed by his precontest Mr Cutting to attend at the
18. Custome howse London about his said shipps then discharge, saw and observed some
19. goods unladen out of the said shipp marked with the marke aforesaid, and consigned
20. to the said Henry Ashurst by the said Jacob Sheafes as this deponent was then
21. credibly informed/:-
22. To the 4:th and schedule or bills of Ladeing annexed hee saith, That this
23. deponent haveing been sewall times employed by his precontest John Cutting, to goe
24. with the bills of ladeing by him signed to discharge goods both here at London
25. and ˹in˺ new England, is very perfectly acquainted with his the said Cuttings
26. manner of signeing of bills of Ladeing. and saith the said John Cutting upon
27. the receipt of goods of any considerable valew being packed or barrelled up hath
28. constantly writt, and doeth usually write immediately before his firme theise
29. words, videlicet (the contents I know not) so that this deponent though he were
30. not personally present at nor did see the bill or schedule annexed signed, yet upon
31. the grounds of experience and observation aforesaid ˹hee˺ was and is fully assured of
32. the true signature of the said bill of Lading with the proper hand writeing of the
33. said John Cutting his precontest
34. To the 5:th hee saith, That the said barrill of goods Laden marked and numbred
35. as aforesaid arrived and came in the said shipp Johns adventure in safety
36. to this Port of London, which hee knoweth being Masters mate in and
37. aboard the said shipp the voiage aforesaid, and saw the same hoisted out
38. of the said shipp into a Lighter in the said Port of London.
39. To the 13:th hee saith, That hee this deponent was present both at the
40. Ladeing of the barrill of goods in Controversy in New England, and at
41. the unlading of it here, at both which places hee well observed the
42. marke thereof, and doeth not remember nor know that any ˹other˺ barrill of
43. goods of the same marke was the voyage aforesaid Laden in and aboard
44. the said shipps.
45. To the 14:th article of the said Allegation hee saith, That as this deponent remembreth
46. the said shipp Johns Adventure with the said Robert Hubbart a passenger
47. aboard her sett sayle and departed from Boston aforesaid upon or about
48. the 19:th day of December 1655. last past, and came the same day to
49. Nantaskett about 9. miles from Boston, so that neither the said shipp
50. nor her ˹said˺ Master nor the said Hubbart were at Boston the xx:th day
51. of December 1655. which hee knoweth being as aforesaid Masters
52. mate of and aboard her the whole voiage:-/
53. To the 19:th hee referreth to his forefoing deposition, And further cannot depose.
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