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for putting an end to the agreemt.
The true reason, as Plf swears, was this, Plf recd 18 June 1787 a Lr from Mr. B: Mee informing him that CApt Roddam’s arrival was expected, & desiring to know when his eng wd take place. On inquiring wt this meant, he fod that the goods, of which he was abot to purchase 2 thirds from 1 Mar; were for the greater part, mortgaged to Capt: Roddam, & to two other gent & that the house & shop were also mortgd. – And that subseqt to 1 Mar: 87, Defts had given & accepted bills by the firms of Moore, Lacy, Sanders & Prothero, for debts incurred before 1 Mar: when Prothero became a ptner. Plf then offered