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<p n="2447">join the Regiment for about a Month<lb></lb>
and then put the Deced under Arrest for<lb></lb>
Secretly & Seand abously as Persing his Character, upon which the Deced<lb></lb>
was tried by a General Court Martial and<lb></lb>
Acquitted, Says that in about afortnight<lb></lb>
or three Weeks this Dept. received a<lb></lb>
Letter from Colonel Gordoing Servant to be<lb></lb>
Delivered to the Deced, which he did, and<lb></lb>
Deced shewed it to this Dept. who saw<lb></lb>
that it was a Challenge to meet Colonel Gordon<lb></lb>
on Bunkers Hill, which the Deced de<obscured></obscured>
lised<lb></lb>
and desired Dept. not to receive any more<lb></lb>
Letters from Colonel Gordon or his Servant<lb></lb>
Says that<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Colonel Gordon was<lb></lb>
tried in Amercia for not doing his Duty before the Enemy<lb></lb>
in the Jersegs, being charged by the Deced<lb></lb>
and that Colonel Gordon was Acquitted,<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced returned to England in<lb></lb>
November last, and that Colonel Gordon<lb></lb>
returned in June last, That in about<lb></lb>
afortnight after Colonel Gordon's return the<lb></lb>
Deced received a Letter from him being<lb></lb>
a Challenge to meet him in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo1869">Hyde Park</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
which Deced by Letter declined and<lb></lb>
desired Dept. not to take in any more<lb></lb>
Letters from Colonel Gordon even by the<lb></lb>
Penny Post or let him In if he<obscured></obscured>
comg there,<lb></lb>
being reform'd that he intended to call upon him Says that Deced went into the Country<lb></lb>
on the Thirtieth day of June last and<lb></lb>
returned the Second of this Instant Septembr<lb></lb>
about One o Clock, Says that on Wednesday<lb></lb>
Evening last (Sepr. tho Third) the Deced went<lb></lb>
out about seven o'Clock and returned<lb></lb>
home between Eleven and Twelve that<lb></lb>
Night, and told Dept. to call him at four<lb></lb>
o' Clock the next Morning, Says that he<lb></lb>
asked Deced the reason of his being called<lb></lb>
so soon, and Deced Answered that he was<lb></lb>
going to meet Colonel Gordon in Hyde Park<lb></lb>
and</p>
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