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the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain
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France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our
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Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and sixty
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of
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Thomas Beven
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John Stevens
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Joseph Calway
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John Newall
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William Skates
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Paul
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Webster
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Thomas Hall
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John Hainslow
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Thomas
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Burton
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Henry Hubbard
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William James
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William Lewis
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John Wilson
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Good and Lawfull Men of the
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said City and Liberty who being Sworn and Charged to Inquire for our Sovereign Lord the
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Kind how when where and in what manner the said Woman unknown came to her
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Death Say upon their Oaths That on Thursday the
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13th day of March Instant
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in the
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nor any Evidence to be found to prove either who she was or how or when she came into
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Appearence of the Body of the said Woman unknown she in the said River aforesaid
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was Drowned but whether by her own Will or by any Accident or Misfortune the Jurors
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know not In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors
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