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wherein hee acknowledged to have received … wherein hee acknowledged to have received the said order of<br />
his said Correspondents, and also by a like letter of the said shipps Master<br />
intimating his receiving of the said packett (to witt the packett wherein the said<br />
Order was enclosed) and that he would deliver the same unto him, the said Policarpio upon his arrivall<br />
at Porto Porto aforesaid, And by this deponents pr[?e]mised<br />
observations, he saieth he is fully assured<br />
that the said Policarpio<br />
de Oliveira was at the time aforesaid much indebted, or had<br />
in his hands goods and effects of his said Correspondents of a great<br />
and very considerable value, and albeit he cannot particularize<br />
how much the same did or might amount unto, upon considerationn the<br />
quangtity and worth of the said Cargaison of sugars shumacke<br />
and Tobaccoes (much transcending the valew or proceed of<br />
the said Cargaison of fish) this deponent is further induced in<br />
Conscience to beleeve, That the the said Policarpio was indebted<br />
ingaged or intrusted to or by his said Correspondents to the summe<br />
or value of Two or three thousand pounds sterling. And further to<br />
these articles hee saieth hee cannot depose./
To the 6th article of the said Allegation hee saieth, That shortly after<br />
the receipt of the said shipps lading of fish from the said<br />
Antonio fernandez and of the order aforesaid in this deponents<br />
deposition to the next precedent articles mentioned, the said<br />
Policarpio de Oliveira with the proceed thereof and with<br />
the monies or goods belonging to the said Anthonie Rodrigues<br />
de Morais and Jeronimo and Raphael Rodrigues Lamego<br />
and which were by them as aforesaid ordered to be used and<br />
imployed for and upon the use and accompt of the said Antonio<br />
fernandez, did buy and provide two hundred twenty and two<br />
Chests of sugars, one hundred and thirteene baggs of Shumack<br />
and forty Rolls of Tobaccoes for the use and accompt of the<br />
said Antonio fernandez Carvajal, and did shipp the same<br />
on board the said shipp the ''New England Merchant'' for he[?e]<br />
the said fernandez Accompt and consigned the same to Roane<br />
in france there to be delivered unto the said Antonio Rodrigues<br />
de Morais and Jeronimo and Raphael Rodrigues Lamego for the<br />
proper accompt of him the said fernandez. The premisses, hee [?saieth]<br />
he is full assured to be true, for that hee this deponent in the<br />
quality aforesaid hath seene perused and observed both letter of<br />
advise of the said Policarpio upon his buyeing and lading of<br />
the said goods wares and merchanises on board the same<br />
(shippnises on board the same<br />
(shipp +
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