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in Ship Yard
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to my Son's Lodging for I'm afraid he
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is dead as I have been to his Room door
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which is locked within side and I have
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knocked loudly at his Room door and
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no one Answered upon which I
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went with Mr. Langdon and as we
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could not get into the Room I fetched
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a Smith and as he could not pick
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the Lock on Accot of the Key being
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in the Lock, I burst wrenched open
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the Door with the Smiths Chissel
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and upon entreing the Room we saw
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the deceased lying on his Back in his
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Red, and
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was
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I unbuttoned
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his Shirt
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the Collar of his Shirt and found that
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he was quite dead and stiff, that
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there were no Marks of Violence upon
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his Body I am much inclined to
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