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Relation to any other Interrogatories, but only that He
absolutly from all the Knowledge he can form thinks her to be a just
and Lawfull prize.
FRANCISCO RAPHE.
Examined the 31st March
Anno Dom 1757
(GARRET NOEL, Spanish Interpreter)[3]
RICHD. NICHOLS Reg'er.[4]
[Footnote 3: "Spanish interpreter of the province of New York"; _Cal.
N.Y. Hist. MSS._, II. 662, and _Cal. Council Minutes_, p. 443. Elder
in the Presbyterian Church; _Cal. N.Y. Hist. MSS._, II. 698, and _Doc.
Hist. N.Y._, III. 300. Schoolmaster; _N.Y. Hist. Soc. Fund Pubs._,
1885, p. 177. "Mr. Garret Noel, for many years a respectable
bookseller in New York, died at Elizabethtown, N.J., September 20,
1776, aged 70"; _ibid._, 1899, p. 370.]
[Footnote 4: Register of the court of admiralty till his death, Aug.
19, 1775. "During a residence in New York of 60 years he followed the
Profession of Law. He was of a respectable family in Wales". _Ibid._,
1899, p. 296, where his will is given.]
_186. Account of Sales. July 26, 1757._[1]
[Footnote 1: The document is not dated; the date may be supplied from
doc. no. 188, p. 550, _infra_.]
Sales of Sundrys takeing and Brot. in by the Privateer Schooner
_Peggy_ Richd. Haddon Commr.
1 Brasslett L 2. 0. 0
20 Gold Rings Case Mattle[2] @ 8/ 8. 0. 0
Some Odd Silver Buckles 2. 0. 0
Some Small Silver 1.12. 7
6 Swivle Gunns @ 40/ 12. 0. 0
Some Shott 9. 6
Cagg Powder 2.12. 0
Some Cuttlasses 18. 0
1 Kegg Indigo 10. 3. 4-3/4
--------------- 39.15. 5-3/4
5764 Dollars @ 8/ L2305.12. 0
10 Doubleloons @ 112/ 56. 0. 0
105 Pistereens 1/6 7.17. 6
--------------- 2369. 9. 6
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L2409. 4.11-3/4
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[Footnote 2: Metal? The valuation indicates alloyed gold. The slanting
mark after 8 is for shillings, and the shilling in this account is the
New York shilling, equivalent to 12-1/2 cents.]
Errors Excepted
THOS. MILLER.[3]
[Footnote 3: Thomas Miller was a nephew of Jasper Farmer; C.F.
Billopp, _History of Thomas and Ann Billopp Farmer_, pp. 45, 46.]
_187. De
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