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<p n="1593">"any for several days, and then began to be rather<lb></lb>
"low and Feverish. She continued to grew lower & lower<lb></lb>
"till the 9th. of Septr. when She was Seized with a<lb></lb>
"Diarrhea, which was succeeded the next day by a shivering<lb></lb>
"She continued still Sinking to the 13th. Instant & then Died<lb></lb>
"My Opinion is that this Fever was the Occasion of her<lb></lb>
"Death and was not broughton by the Blow, but was<lb></lb>
"occasioned by the Offensive Smell & bad Air from the Lane<lb></lb>
"As since that has happened we have lost most of our<lb></lb>
"Patients, who were brought into the Hospital either<lb></lb>
"with Blows or falls on the Head, besides the Fevers<lb></lb>
"which accompany Wounds of the Head are Generally<lb></lb>
"Attended with a full quick hard pulse, and are received<lb></lb>
"by large Bleadings & Purges, Butall that have died<lb></lb>
"with us lately have scarce had any Pulse at all<lb></lb>
"and though they had different appearances after<lb></lb>
"Death, they all had the very same Symptoms before</p>
<p n="1594">I am Gentleman Your most obedient<lb></lb>
humble Servant<lb></lb>
Pyle</p>
<p n="1595"> <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65211_date330">Sepr. 16. 1771</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1596">"To the <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65211_occ398">Coroner</rs>
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& Gentleman of the Jury appointed<lb></lb>
"to sit on <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n1596-1">Mary Spires</rs>
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".</p>
<p n="1597">And this Dept. further says that he is well acquainted<lb></lb>
with Mr. Pyle's hand writing and believes that the Letter<lb></lb>
abovementioned is all of the said Mr. Pyle's hand writing</p>
<p n="1598">Dickinson</p>
<p n="1599"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n1599-1">Sarah Card</rs>
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wife of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n1599-2">William Card</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo1226">Hunger ford</rs>
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Maker<lb></lb>
Laborer, on her Oath saith, That she has known then<lb></lb>
Deced, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n1599-3">Mary Spires</rs>
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several Years who lodged in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo1227">Charles<lb></lb>
Court</rs>
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near said Market, Says that on the 27th of August<lb></lb>
last Dept. was informed that aid <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n1599-4">Mary Spires</rs>
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had reced<lb></lb>
a Wound on her Head from her Husband <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n1599-5">William Spires</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Says that said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n1599-6">William Spires</rs>
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(who was confined in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo1228">St. Martins Round House</rs>
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) on that day sent Dept, to the<lb></lb>
Westmr. Hospital to see the Deced, says that she went<lb></lb>
and found the Deced in good spirits, who told Dept. that<lb></lb>
"the Evening before she was with her Husband William<lb></lb>
"Spires in their Lodging in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo1229">Charles Court</rs>
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and Wanting<lb></lb>
"Something for her Supper, her Husband gave her Eighteen<lb></lb>
"pence to buy some Solman, That she went out and<lb></lb>
"returned home in about one hour and a Quarter without<lb></lb>
"any Salmon, and on said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n1599-7">William Spires</rs>
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Asking her in she<lb></lb>
"had spent the Money, she Answered that she had, and<lb></lb>
"asked him if he did not like it. And on his saying that<lb></lb>
"he did not she threw a pair of Ballows, at the said William<lb></lb>
"Spires who was then sitting up in Bed and Eating some<lb></lb>
"Cold Lamb, That said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n1599-8">William Spires</rs>
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then said if she did<lb></lb>
"not go out of his way he would throw something of her<lb></lb>
"Head and he did threw an Earthen Plate(which held<lb></lb>
"his lamb)towards her, That it hit her upon her Head<lb></lb>
"and gave her the Wound on her Head. That she Freely<lb></lb>
"forgave him and hoped God Almighty would, and should<lb></lb>
"be very Sorry if he came to any harm on that Account</p>
<p n="1600">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n1600-1">Sarah Card</rs>
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