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The Information of
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taken on oath this
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third day of March Anno dni
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1704
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This Informt. deposeth that he being acquainted wth. one Mr
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Breenwood of
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gent; and
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haveing formerly been employed by the said Mr Breenwood
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to make severall quantityes of gold and Silver late for ye
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use of severall Regin abt. this informt. applyed himself to he the sd. Mr Breenwood some
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time in ye month of October last, and desired he would
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assist him this Informt.
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getting ye business of makeing
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& setting diverse quantityes of gold and silver late which
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were then to be bought for ye as of Severall sd guinneas.
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He then answered this Informt. that he could not then
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employ him, but advised him to wait on our Mr
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Thomas
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London when
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he
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told this Informt Could employ him in that
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affair, and about two or three days after two or three persons
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came
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Informt. setting him they came from Mr
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Breenwood who had sent them to desire this Informt to
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go to the sd Mr. Pitkin for that he had some thing for him
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this Informt to doe: whereupon on ye next day he went to
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the Sd Mr Pitkin and not
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finding him at home, he went
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times afterwards, & when he saw him ye sd. Pitkin, he ordered
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this Informt. to come to his again within two ordered days
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after Far that he had not then received the Patterns from
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the sd Mr Breenwood (as ye sd Pitkin told this Informt) And
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this Informt further deposeth, that about two or three
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days after, he this Informt, dad accordingly go to the said
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