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Seventh day of February 1784 at
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stayed up Stairs in the Afternoon, in his
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Deced in the Kitchen, where he staid a
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few Minutes only and went up Stairs
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again, Says that she went up to Deced
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two or three times that day, when Deced
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was in Bad and complained of his Head
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and Breast Says that between two & three
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o'Clock that Afternoon, Dept. went up Stairs
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to make the Bed when she found the Deced
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lying upon the Floor by the Bed side, who
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lifted up
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to help him, Says that the Room Smelt of
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Gunpowder and was full of smoak Says
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