City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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9th January 1797 - 29th December 1797

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Image 754 of 7928th December 1797


Abigail Ward< no role > No 40 James Street Grovnr
Square being sworn saith that for near
6 Weeks hack she has gone twice
a Week to charr at Mrs Rickets in
Upper Baker Street Portman Square
she believes the sd. Sarah Stone< no role > has
hired House Maid there for near
12 Months she has always [..]
a very good CharacterIn general
she had very low Spirits & said
very little but particularly for the
last 6 Weekslast Saturday
Sennight the Deced complained
that she was not well & appeared
very low spirited but particularly
about 1 o'Clock she complained much
moreabout this time she came up
Stairs & appeared to be very angry
threw off her working gown & hat
on an othethis Dept. asked her if
she was going out she replied [..]

[..] not far & she then went out & she
has never since seen hershe did
words her Werk as well as she
usualld didshe has been particularly
low spirited of late but she knows
not the Causeshe knows not
why she quitted the HouseThis
Dept. has never seen her Since.

The [mark] Mark of
Abigail Ward< no role > .

Lunacy
Drowned herself
Rickets Govr. of BengalBarbadoes




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