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their Flag & begin building; my Father replied; no, Why are you for giving up the Place for which the English pay ground-Rent; The Phantees replied; they were ready to give it up, for that the English sends a Flag every year: to hoist on the ruined Forts of Annamaboe Agga & Innecient (Which accordingly they hoist) but have not allowed them, for these seven years past, the Presents & other Privileges, they formerly enjoyed; and that according to custom, several Campashires went up to cape coast. Last Christmass & as usual presented the Governor, with sheep & other Trifles; at the same time enquiring of him, why he would not allow them, the Rights which their Fore-Fathers, & present generation have enjoyed, and that they hoist an English Flag at Annamaboe because they are English, in order for English Merchant Ships to come and deal with them (they respecting us the same as when we had a Fort) but contrary to custom, they stop them at Cape Coast & not admit them, to come to Annamaboe, to trade as usual, which (they told him) is the support of our Kingdom, & by which we ship off, our gold, Elephants-Teeth & poor People's wool, Yams, Corn & ca which was the only support, & maintenance of Us; & they demanded of the Governor, that since he had deprived them of it,

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