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about three Months, and Lodged in the House
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Ten and Eleven o'Clock
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a Corporal came to enquire for Deced, and
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being told by Dept. that she had not seen him
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that Morning He desired Dept. to go up
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him but came down Stairs very much
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therewith, who went up afterwards, and
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saw the Deceds Fire lock lying upon
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a Wound in the Deceds Belly on the left side
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made by a Musket Ball, and Dept. think
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his Death Says that the Deced has been
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very dull and low Spirited about a
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her Mark
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