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