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The Information of
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October 1769
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Who being upon Oath severally say and first the said
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for herself
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, that they attemped to break
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the Door that Mr. Goddard the Land lady of the said house opened the Door
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they fired off several Pistols and used many threating Expressions
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towards this Informant and her said husband, and said if they caught the
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said Lararus they would kill him and if they caught hom afterwards they
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by a number of persons armed with Pistols Cutlaper and
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immediately wounded this Informant on the head with a Cutlass that he this
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Informant also received several other Wounds from the said persons by Pistols
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and Cutlasses and that they left him saying he
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were some of the persons
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who were so armed as aforesaid with Pistols and Cultases and wounded this
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Informant, and this Informant Catharine Lee for hereself says that
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are some of the persons who so forsibly came into
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her house as aforesaid with Pistols cutlasses and other offenwise Weapons
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and threatmend this Informant and her husband
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Sworn before me
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October 14. 1769}
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