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carried on against us And whereas a Water Defence is the best &
most effective Way of preventing those Surprizes Depredations &
Ravages, And Individuals have built & offered Boats for such Pur-
pose. We the Subscribers do agree to support & maintain the Barge
Experiment and Boat for two Months & man the same with
twenty Men exclusive of necessary Officers The said Boat & Barge to
be stationed in the Eastern Bay & to cruize occasionally between Kent
Point and the Honble Matthew Tilgham's Island And we agree to
pay all Charges & Expences in Proportion to the several Assess-
ments of our Property lying in the Counties where We respectively
reside In Witness whereof We have hereunto set our Hands.

[1781]

Red Book
No. 30
Letter 102

Matthew Tilghman

Thos. Tibbets

James Hindman

W^m Paca

Thomas Applegarth

Peregrine Tilghman

Edw^d Lloyd

Henry Tibbets

W^m Hemsley

W^m Hindman

Thomas Barrow

[T?] Benson

Rob^t Goldsborough jun^r

John Nesmith

John Dawson

Rob^t Newcome

James Tilghman

Eliza Hindman

James Barrow

James Hewes

Ann Maxwell

James Earl Denny

William Watts

Harriot Callister

James Keitly

Fr^s Morling