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10th. day of March 1781
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Who being upon oath says that a person now present who
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told her last Night between 11 and 12 o Clock that a silver Desert
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she told her that she must find itThat when she came down
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this morning about 9 o Clock the said
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told her that
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she would look for the Spoon, and returned in about an hour and
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a half, and said she could not find it; during which time this
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turning
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She pulled out the said
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Sworn before me this-
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10th.. day of March 1781}
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W Addington
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