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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say ,That on the Twenty ninth day of September
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in the year aforesaid the House of
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Caleb Atkinson
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situate in David
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Street in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid
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took Fire and burnt with great Violence, and that the said
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Elizabeth
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Atkinson
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pair of Stairs Window and fell upon the Stone pavement in the said Street,
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by Means whereof the said
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Casually and by Misfortune Receive divers mortal Bruises in and upon
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the Head Arms and Body of her the said
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman
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of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place
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first above written
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