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Informations of Witnesses taken at the
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parish of Saint Thomas within the
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Surrey the
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there lying dead.
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of the Mexander Brig of
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Duntar now lying in the
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maketh oath that
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on the 8th. instant the said Brig was in
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on her
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Voyage to London That off Yarmouth Dept observed the Speedy
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Sloop of War tringing several Vessells too that were also on their
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Voyage to London, upon which Dept lewered both of is top Gallant
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Sails & prepared to bring too also, expects to be bro's tod as well
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as the other Vessels-The May Tails were Lanled down & the
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fore Sail was hauling up
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when a Gun was fired
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from the Sloop which carried away the Starboard fore shroud
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struck the foreman, and wounded the deced who was Lanling the
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Larboard fore buntling up, and carried away a timber head
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on the forecastle of the larboard side. That the Vessel Love tod
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immedy. and the Sloop of Wars beat boarded him and took one
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man out of the Vessel Dept requested the officer in the Sloops boat
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to take the deced on board the Slopp that his wound my lit be dressed
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which he was willing to do but the deced refused to go-That the
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Sloops beat then quitted Depts. Vessel and Dept made the best
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of his was to London-Says the deced was wounded in his eight
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Thigh-That Dept dressed the deceds wounds as well as he could
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the Gun striks the vessel & wounds. the deced.
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Sworn the 25th. day of May 1790
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before me T. Shelton Corr}
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