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           Secondly,therewastheaccountoffouryearsmore,whiletheykepttheeffectsintheirhands,beforethegovernmentclaimedtheadministration,asbeingtheeffectsofapersonnottobefound,whichtheycalledcivildeath; andthebalanceofthis,thevalueoftheplantationincreasing,amountedto38,892crusadoes,whichmade3,241moidores. 

           Thirdly,therewastheprioroftheAugustines’account,whohadreceivedtheprofitsforabovefourteenyears; butnotbeingabletoaccountforwhatwasdisposedtothehospital,veryhonestlydeclaredhehad872moidoresnotdistributed,whichheacknowledgedtomyaccount; astotheking’spart,thatrefundednothing. 

           Therewasaletterofmypartner’s,congratulatingmeveryaffectionatelyuponmybeingalive,givingmeanaccounthowtheestatewasimproved,andwhatitproducedayear,withaparticularofthenumberofsquaresoracresthatitcontained; howplanted,howmanyslavestherewereuponit,andmakingtwoandtwentycrossesforblessings,toldmehehadsaidsomanyAveMariastothanktheblessedVirginthatIwasalive; invitingmeverypassionatelytocomeoverandtakepossessionofmyown;andinthemeantime,togivehimorderstowhomheshoulddelivermyeffects,ifIdidnotcomemyself; concludingwithaheartytenderofhisfriendship,andthatofhisfamily; andsentmeasapresentsevenfineleopards’skins,whichhehad,itseems,receivedfromAfricabysomeothershipwhichhehadsentthither,andwho,itseems,hadmadeabettervoyagethanI. Hesentmealsofivechestsofexcellentsweetmeats,andahundredpiecesofgolduncoined,notquitesolargeasmoidores. Bythesamefleet,mytwomerchanttrusteesshippedme1,200chestofsugar,800rollsoftobacco,andtherestofthewholeaccountingold. 

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