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on his Oath saith That on the 26th. day of August last
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between the Hours of Ten and Eleven in the Evening
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with a Contused Wound on the Right side of her Head
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about one Inch in Length the Bone being Bare, says
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that upon Examination he found no Fracture nor Bring
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on the Bone, says that the Deced went on very well
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for several days without any bad Symptoms, That she
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afterwards began to be Feverish and low, and notwithstanding
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all possible care was taken of her, a Diarehea seized her
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on the Ninth day of this Instant September,which was
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succeeded the next Morning by a Shivering Fit, the
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Diarehea was relieved but she Continued gradually Sinking
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until the thirteenth Instant when she died in said Hospital
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Says that the Body of the Deced was afterwards opened in
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said Hospital and was Examined by Mr. Pyle one of the
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Surgeons of said Hospital (whose patient the Deced had been)
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And this Dept. says that Mr. Pyle gave him this day a
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Letter which he desired this Dept. to deliver to the Coroner
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and Jury of which the following is a true Copy
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Gentleman
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"Not being able to attend you myself in
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