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from the said 23d day of June until the 6th day of July following, when this appearant, Wills, having applied for permission to sell his cargo, was granted that privilege upon condition that he. would enter into bond with security to proceed direct to Cape François ; that this appearant, Wills, having complied with this condition, sailed under the permission aforesaid from Port-de-Paix aforesaid, on the said 6th day of July, and arrived at Cape François on the n e x t day ; that, upon their arrival at Cape F r a n çois, all that part of their cargo which the said Christophe wished to have w a s taken from their vessel, and paid for by the order of the said Chris tophe, at such prices as his officers chose to allow for the same—the part of t h e cargo so taken from the schooner consisted of all the cordage, lard, and candles, which they had on board, and the residue of the cargo t h e y w e r e permitted to sell in their own way ; that they remained at Cape François aforesaid, selling and landing their cargo aforesaid, from the said 7th day of July until the 14th day of this instant. During this period—to wit, on the 25th day of July last past, B e v e r l e y Grimes, one of the seaman b e longing to the said schooner w a s arrested on board the said schooner, car ried away from thence by force, and sent in confinement to a fort, at some distance in the country by the order of the said Christophe, for having stated in conversation with one of his acquaintance, as these appearants understood, that the Government of the United States was about to send some armed ships into those seas to punish the outrages which had been committed upon their citizens in Saint Domingo. N o t being able to pro cure the discharge of this seaman, ( w h o is a native Virginian,) they w e r e compelled to sail from Cape François without him, which they did on the 14th day of this month, and arrived safely in the port of Norfolk, on the 27th day of the same. GEORGE WILLS. THOS. BASSETT. WM. S T A N T O N . Wherefore, I , the said notary, at the request of these appearants, did, and do now, hereby solemnly protest against the said Christophe, Spalding, and all others concerned in the capture of the said schooner Dash, in the sending her into Port-de-Paix, in detaining her in the said port, in sending her to Cape François, in taking from on board the said schooner any part of her cargo, without the consent of those to whom the same belong ed, and in taking from the said schooner by force the said Beverley Grimes, one of her seaman, and confining the said seaman for no offence whatsoever—for all losses, costs, damages, injuries and expenses suffered, or to be suffered, by all or any person or persons whatsoever, interested, or in any manner concerned in the said schooner Dash or her cargo, or a n y part thereof, by reason of the premises. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my [ L . S.] seal of office, this twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten. L I T T L E T O N W. T A Z E W E L L , Notary Public.