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, the Fourth day of February in the twenty fourth
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of
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Caleb Atkinson
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Charles Logan
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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 is, Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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Thirty first day of January in the Year aforesaid
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(at Night) was found dead in a certain Publick
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in the Parish aforesaid
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, And that
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John Poole
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departed this Life in a Fit or
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other sudden Visitation of God, in a natural Way,
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
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as the said
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of the said Jurors
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows,
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in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place above written.
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