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Linen Sheets now produced are the property of her
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up Stair ad on going to see What was the Mattter
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Servants
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Secured
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10 th day of August 1787
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John Staples
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on his Examination saith That
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he is a
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and Worked Last
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on Friday Last for Mr. Melton of
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That he does not know Mr. Davis
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no
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