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The Information of
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the seventeenth day of March 1789 before me one of his
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Majestys Justices of the Peace for the
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fifth day of February last he fastened his Apartments
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for
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the benefit of his health and After being there near
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three weeks he was sent to by his son to acquaint
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him that his apartments were broke open and Robbed
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his Room door had been opened and on looking for his
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a Black Silk Cloak his property, upon which he
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applied to a Magistrate for a search Warrant to
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search the Premisses of
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Lee
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him this Informant and was
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stolen from his Apartments at
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Taken and Sworn the
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1789
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Wilmot
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