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�The Depositions of Matthew Linsey of York in the County of York, mariner, who testifys to say that in the year of 65 he sailed to the West Indias with Capt. Wm. Cousins, and a mate of the [?] That on the Voyage he understood from said Cousins that M. Joshua Bragdon of Wells was [?] concerned with him in an adventure he [caret inserted with illegible word above] carried [dash] That Cap Cousins [?] home that voyage [the rest of the sentence is struck through in dark black ink making the words beneath illegible] 25 Hundred Weight of Brown Sugar [dash] 1 [?] Rum a small [?] of cotton and 15 or 20 of Tea What became with the adventure after I came Home the Deponent knows not [long curved dash] York Feb 20th 1771[struck through with black ink but still legible] Whether all the articles above mentioned or how many of them were purchased with the Partnership adventure the Deponent cannot tell [dash] nor does the Deponent at this Time [dash] Recollect what the said adventure consisted of when it went out. Matt : Lindsay [signature] York February 2[?] 1771 Then Matthew Lindsay Before Named made Oath to the Truth of the foregoing deposition by him Subscribed Before me. David Sewall [?] [signature, last part illegible] [long curved dash]