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Elletson, and lived Servant there upwards of two Years
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last past and that the Deced told this Dept. that he had
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the foul Disease, and Dept. was with Deced when he
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Agreed with Dr. Henry in
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to Cure him
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of that Disease, Says that the Deced took some Medicine
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of the Doctor for that purpose, but the Deced was very
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bad, Says that he went into Deced's Bed Chamber Yesterday
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Morning about a Quarter after five o'Clock to see how
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the Deced was, who was then in great Agonies and
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pain, and has Spit very much for about six weeks
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says that he asked the Deced if he should be any thing
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for him and Deced said, Nothing at that time, upon
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which Dept. went out, and returned home about a
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Quarter before Nine the same Morning, when the
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Cook Maid asked him if he had seen the Deced, and said
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that Deced told her that he was going to his Doctor
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says that Dept. soon after went to Dr. Henry and was
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informed that the Deced had not been there, Says that
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he aftewards looked for the Deced in his Master's
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House, and a little after Twelve o'Clock at Noon
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he found the Deced Hanging by a Cord which was
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fastened about his Neck and around a Beam in the
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