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and before his Master fetched him away that he had
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a fall upon a Sheet Anchor and complained of a
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pain in his side, and a difficulty in Breathing.
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James Lacey
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John Cartwright Dickinson
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House
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Surgeon
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at the
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Westmr. Hospital on his Oath saith, That on Saturday
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last (March 30th) between four and Five o'Clock in the
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Afternoon Deced was brought to said Hospital, said
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to have reced a Hurt by falling from a Ship, That
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he
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had
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laboured under a great difficulty of Breaching, That he
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bled the Deced, and ordered every thing that he thought
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necessary for his Relief, notwithstanding with the
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Deced died there between Ten and Eleven o' Clock that
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Night, Says that he Examined the Body and
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found no Stripes or any Marks of violence there upon
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Says that upon Opening the Body no disease appeared
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Except a Rupture on the Fore part of each lobe of
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the Lungs, particularly on the back part of the left to be
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a large lace ration appeared, which Dept. believes
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to be the cause of his Death.
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J Dickinson
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James Mc Williams
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Captain
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of the
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Carolina on his
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Oath saith, That he sailed in said Ship in May last
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and went to the Bay of Honduras and loaded said Ship
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with Log Wood and Mahogany, and came into the
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Port
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of London
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about three Weeks, ago, Says that
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James Lacey
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the Deced Sailed with Dept. in said Ship and when he went
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out appeared to be in good health, Says that the Deced
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when in the Bay of Honduras was Seized with some
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Disorder & was light headed, That the Deced in his
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Voyage homewards had several Falls on Board the Ship
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Says that the Cold greatly affected the Deced and almost
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took away the use of his Limbs, so that he was not able
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to be of any use in the Ship in the Passage home
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Says that at Seilly the Deced's Body was Swelled very much
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That the Deced used to Wet his Bed, and frequently
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case himself in his Trowsers for which some of the
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Men on Board used to beat him, Says that a day or
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two after the Ship was come into the River the Deced
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Went ashore and was then something better, Says
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that he did not see the Deced from that time until
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last Saturday Morning at Mr. Naters when he appeared
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to Dept. to be afflicted with an Asthma, Coughing & Spitting
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That he asked Deced what was the matter to which he
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answered that he could not tell.
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James Mc William
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Frances Richardson
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of
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Wapping
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in the Parish
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St. John Wapping
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of
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Andrew Richardson
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Sail maker on her Oath saith, That Mr.
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Thomas Naters
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lodged with Dept. almost two Years, That
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James Lacey
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the Deced Apprentice to Mr. Naters came home with
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his Master on Tuesday Evening the 26th. day of March
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last having been absent several days, Says that
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Mr. Naters gave the Deced six strokes with a Cord
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upon his Back the Deced having his Clothes on, and that the Deced
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reced no other correction Says that the Deced
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at her House that Night and that on Wednesday
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Evening he went on Board
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as Ship with Captain
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Baker, intending to take him a Voyage, Says that
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Mr. Baker brought the Deced to his Master the next
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Morning (being Thursday) Saying that he was as rotten
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as a Pear, and had fouled his Bed, Says that the Deced
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appeared to be ill and want up into Bed, and that
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gave him Proper Nourishment that Deced's Father called there soon after
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and said that he could get him into the Westmr. Hospital
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and that Mr. Naters promised to send him home to waters
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on Sunday or Monday, Says that the Deced continued
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ill and complained of a pain in his side, upon which
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she proposed to have him bled, to which he replyed
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it would now do no good unless it had been done at fire
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that he had fallen on Board of Ship upon or against an
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Anchor, Says that he had a Great difficulty in Breathing
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that he Cough'd violently and Spit very much That on
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Saturday Morning (March 30) Deced desired leave to
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go home to his Father, upon which Deced Gansented to
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let him go and him a Shilling to pay a
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Waterman
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