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<p n="358">the Papers and the Cloth had been dipped in Oil and Smelt<lb></lb>
very strong of Stinking Oil. That he prevented him from<lb></lb>
proceeding in tearing any more of the Papers and secured<lb></lb>
them and the Chest. That in the Evening said Clarey came<lb></lb>
to him by Appointment and gave him his Claim which<lb></lb>
was taken downs in writing and is the Claim now<lb></lb>
produced. That they met again the next day when the<lb></lb>
said Claim was read over to said Clarey which he<lb></lb>
approved of except one Article which was altered and<lb></lb>
then he subscribed his Name to each Sheet. That<lb></lb>
after said Clarey had finished his said Claim on the Monday<lb></lb>
Night this Informant requested him to give him his<lb></lb>
Account of the manner in which the Fire had<lb></lb>
happened which was taken in writing by this Informants<lb></lb>
Clerk and read over to said Clarey the next day which<lb></lb>
he signed and is the Account now produced,<del>and Signed and<lb></lb>
is the Account now produced</del>
and said "the same was<lb></lb>
true"That at the time of the Fire said Clarey was<lb></lb>
insured in the Sun Fire Office to the Amount of Nine<lb></lb>
Hundred Pounds. but that his Estimate of his<lb></lb>
Effects lost at said fire, appears by his own Account<lb></lb>
to amount to the Sum of two thousand one hundred Pounds</p>
<p n="359">Sworn before me this<lb></lb>
2nd. day of March 1788}</p>
<p n="360"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n360-1">N Bond</rs>
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<p n="361"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n361-1">James Gubbins</rs>
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