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July 1749

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Image 136 of 18214th June 1749


and I Said no thare was none at that Time but thare had
Been Money kept thare when I first Came he asked me
if thare was not a Chainge Draw Under the Counter that
My Master kept the Money in I said [..] no, thare was not &
[..]
[..] he then askd me what my Master Did with the
Money and where he kept itt and Said he had a very good trade
and take a great deale of Money and Cannot Carry it all in his
Pocketts I told him that I did not no of Any Money that was kept
Any where in the House but What was in the Money Draw in ye. Shop
and what My Mastr. and Mists: Caried in there pockets he
very Often and at Other times frequently presed me To Leave
Open My Masters. Chamber door that he might Look on the
Tankard and that on Munday ye. 19th. June 1749 he very mutch
Pressed me to Leave Open the Chamber Door [..]
Saying to me that I was very Bare in Cloaths, and that I had
but one gown to my back and if I Would but Doo as he would
have me he would give me some money to buy me some Cloaths
he then Oferd me three gineas to buy me some Cloaths, and with
a Great Deale of Perswaisssions I Did take the Money and
then he Perswaieded me as I had been told that one of my
Guardians was dead to go and buyanda Black Hankercheife
and a gown and a Pr. Stays and Gloves and Capps. and a Cloak with a
Black fann so that I Might Apear as one in Mourning for
the Death of my Guardian in Order to Blind my Master and
Mists, that they Might not to how I Came by the Things
And he Ordered me that if my Master and Mists. Asked me
how I Came by theese things. to Say to Them




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