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Oath and say that on or about the third Day of December last past there
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were shipped or loaded on Board the said Ship or Vessel One Thousand
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the Owner of the said Salt and that the Duty for the said Salt
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had been paid to his Majesty And these Deponents further say that on
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or about the twenty fourth Day of the same Month of December the said
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Ship or Vessel with the said Salt on Board sailed out of the said Port
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in the Forenoon as they these Deponents were proseding on the said Voyage
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the said Ship or Vessel being then off at Sea, a strong Gale of Wind
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ar use and continued to blow very hard and beat large Quantities of
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these Deponents and all the Ships Crew continued on board using their
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utmost Endeavours to save the said Ship and her Cargo till the Evening
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of the same Day when these Deponents and the Rest of the Ships Crew
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perceiving the said Ship or Vessel to be in Danger and their Lives
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ing
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another Ship And that about twelve of the Clock the same Night they
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these Deponents left Sight of the said Ship on Vessel on which the said
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Salt was loaded as aforesaid when they verily believe the some Ship or
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Vessel sunk and perished of Sea on the Yorkshire Coast with all the said Salt on board her and
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that they have never seen or heard of her since
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Sworn at Justice hall in the Old Bailey
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the Eight Day of April 1769}
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By the Court
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