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about
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eight Months that he was in the same ward with Department that the
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deced has had an Agne on him about afortnightThat
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yesterday wich the deceds wife was in the ward with him that he
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having the Agne fit then on him his wife sayed she had been cured
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of the Agne by taking Beer with Tobacco
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asked in it and advised
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the deced is try someThat between four and five in the afternoon
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of Saturday last the deced having the Agne fit among on had
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previously presenced an Ounce of Tobacco which he past into a
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and put on the FireThat Little while after
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the fit continuing to come the deced sayed he wanted drink the Beer
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the Tobacco had been taked in Dept. advised the deced not to drink
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the whole but the deced sayed he would for the thought it would
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do him good that the deced accordingly drank the whole offthat
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the deced was immediatly taken with a vomiting that when he
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had done vomiting he requested to say down that he was put into
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his Hammock that after he was in his Hammock he again vomited
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that he then appeared to be dying-Dept sent for a surgeon and
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having precured some part wine Dept warmed it over the fine
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with some spice in and offered it the deced but he was to has gone
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to take any of it and soon after xpired-Dept thinks when the
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deced vomited that he brought made of the Beer he had drank as above
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stated off his stomack and that he had a violent fit of the ru
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on him at the time-Dept. says the deced hand also a bad leg
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and had been taking medicine some time and was an olderly
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man near sixth years of age and very much emaciated and
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deceyed
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Sworn this 22nd day of April 1799
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Wm Clarke
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maketh Oath that he hath known
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the deced about a year and an half that the deced was an aged
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man very much debilitated and always taking medicine
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that
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& three weeks past Dept has given the decaed Medicine
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