ner _Peggy_, from New York, a small
distance from Pine Island on the south side of this Navigation, and
having been Informed by Letters from the aforesaid that they are
hindered in prosecuting for their Right by the Owners of said
privateer Schooner pretending that they were Pirates at the time of
the Robbery, and in Attention that the Contrary has been Clearly
proved by their Sailing with a Spanish Crew and under Spanish Colours
and with Leave from my Lieutenant Governour Don Francisco Guitierres
in the City of Trinity to proceed to the anchoring place of Mansanillo
in the Jurisdiction of Valamo,[3] And After the Robbery they arrived
on this Coast at Porte Bane[4] where they took in Necessarys and with
my Licence they Sailed to Jamaica in search of said privateer and
presenting themselves before his Excellency the Governour Declared the
Robbery upon Oath, as did Likewise Henry Myeroffer and William Abbot,
two Englishmen who were on Board Said Don Philipe's Schooner at the
time the Robbery was Committed, and were afterwards taken and put by
said English Captain on Board his privateer, who Carried them to St.
Lucia on the Island of Jamaica, as appears from the Instruments that
said Don Philipe Shewed me on his Return, _And Whereas_ Considering
the Great Prejudice that has Resulted from their being out of their
Native Country and knowing that they are Inhabitants of this City and
Subjects to the King of Spain and have not Incurred the Penalty of
Pirates, In their behalf and for myself I pray and Recommend to his
Excellency the Captain General and Governour and the Judge of the
Admiralty of New York that they will be pleased to Order to be
Delivered the said Money to the said Spaniards, inasmuch as I am ready
to Observe Equal Justice in the Like Case, And in Case they Should
meet with any Difficulty in the Recovery of their Right, I do by
Virtue of this Grant them a passport and Leave to follow their
Recourse to the Court of London and Appeal to his Brittanic Majesty
till the Ultimate Resolution of his Royal Clemency; to this End I have
perused the foregoing and do Sign and Order the Royal Signet to be
Affixed to the same and Authorized by the present Notary to the
Government. Given in the Havannah the fourth of November 1758.

[Footnote 1: For Cagigal. Don Francisco Cagigal de la Vega
(1693-1777), who had been governor of Santiago de Cuba from 1738 to
1747, and had defended it successfully against the English in 1741,
wa