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he Visited this Dept a good night & was going
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up Stairs to Bed this Dept. Saith that she
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then next into the yard but in the
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Come of ten Minutes as then Dept. was in
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the Tap Rom she heard a great noise
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she and other Persons immediately went
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to the Stairs & then Saw the Deced
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lying on the Stairs his Head being
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downwardsthe Deced was immediately
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taken up but never Spoke and was
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dead by the time they got him into
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immediately sent but to no pufore
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as he was certainly dead this Dept
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believes that no person was on the
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John Peasgood
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died on
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Tuesday the 4th. day of
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August 1795 a natural Death
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