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Twenty ninth day of May 1788.
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That this Morning about Seven o' Clock
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a Man came to Dept. saying that a Man
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was Drowned in the Serpentine River in
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Hyde Park, upon which Dept. got the Boat
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and Rowed to the Deced who was about
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fifteen Yards from the Shore and floating
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he took hold of the Deced's Collar, his
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Cloaths being on and pulled him to the
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to carry the Body away, and Dept. saw
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the Body afterwards in Mr Story's House
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about him, and two Men come to see the
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Sworn the Day Year &
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