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gov. dongan’s report on the province of new-york.

To the fifth concerning the DoggerThis Mr Beekman having a Sloop went from this place to Nevis @ S r William Stapleton hearing ofa dutch privateer gave him a commission to goe after him, which hee did @ took a great ugly vessely e dutch have for fishing with one deck @ went back with her to Nevis . Whereupon S r W m inreward of his good service gave him the Kings @ his own share in her soe hee brought her hitherwhere shee being a Dutch built @ and the man having a mind to sell her, had her condemned at aCourt of Admiralty. Upon which I forgave him the Kings share which by apprizement amountedto as doth appear by Mr Beekman’s testimony

To the sixth concerning Heathcot’s Sloop.

Mr. Santen does me wrong in this for upon the word of a Christian, I know not at this minutewho were the apprizers they having been appointed by the Court where the sloop @ goods werecondemned, @ they too upon their oaths. Neither had I any advantage by that vessel as Mr Santenknows tho’ hee had by making George Heathcot pay him ninety pounds @ charges which was morethen the third part the condemnation came to soe that I hope this is not the voyage hee charges theKing with soe much for, tho’ it is the only remarkable one hee ever made @ yet but ten miles dis-tant from this place

To the seventh concerning my Lord Neill Campbells goodsMy Lord Neill Campbell its true desired my bill of store for the 10 P r cent which I didgrant, but Mr Santen does mee wrong to say that I ordered they should bee entered withoutexamination to the best of my remembrance there was noe such thing: but here hee forgetswhat hee has done himself what goods he has admitted to entry without examination contraryto Act of Assembly @ my order as appears by his own books to the great diminution of hisMa tys revenue in this Province: neither does he remember what bills of store hee has grantednotwithstanding several orders to the contrary

M To the eighth concerning one Riddell

Mr Santen does mee wrong in this, One Mr Riddell a poor Gentleman that brought into thiscity without entry (as a great many others have done without Mr Santen or his officers takingnotice thereof) a small parcel of linen afterwards appraised to be of the value of 3 or 5 pounds,And after that this Riddell @ one of the officers of the Custom House drinking drunk together,fell a quarrelling, on which the Officer went out @ meeting with Vaughton about one or twoin the morning, compelled him to goe along with him to seize uncostomed goods at Riddell’slodging, where when they came they broke open the door upon this Riddell who being stilldrunk endeavoured to keep them out @ in the struggling stabbed Mr Vaughton. Whereuponhe was secured in prison where hee lay a long time till Vaughton recovered. Afterwards thepoor man being in a starving condition on the application of Mr Vaughton @ himself @ MrSprag @ several others hee was set at liberty, and on a petition of his to the Council his goodswere ordered to bee released, hee paying all charges which being more than the value of thegoods Mr Sprag in charity to Riddell paid the Surgeons their demands which was ten poundswithout taking any thing from him

To the ninth concerning Capt Santen’s warrants to the Sheriffs &;cMr Santen knows himself that from time to time by order of Council, all the Sheriffs have beenobliged to account with him for all rents, Quit rents @ arrearages of rent &c yet this would not doeto make himself seem great, he would needs issue forth his own warrants, which poor man was done