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Aug. 17th.
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the Afternoon the Deced
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Square Says that at Six
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they all went together into Hyde Park
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that the Deced swom almost across the
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River when the People on Shore
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gave the Alarm of a Man being
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and Dept. saw the Deced Sui
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went towards him, Says that a Man
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Dived soure time but could not they felt
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the Deced, but brought him out the
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Yesterday as Dept. was informed says
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Sworn the Day Year
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before me
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