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That the
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Paper Writing now produced purporting to be the last
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Will and Testament of
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Duke and Ragle dated the
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seventh of March one
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thousand seven hundred and seventy nine
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was
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delivered to him this Informant by
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John Watson
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in the said office as a Record in the
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John Giles Christian
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for himself says that about the Middle of the Year
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one thousand seven hundred and eighty six the
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Person now Present
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