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1746 before me one of his Majesties
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an Hour and Stamford and this Deponent watched that
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Mecums Shoulders and afterwards they Carried it by
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through the Entry into the Cellar and then Cutt it open
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to See what was in it when it was found to be Raw Yarn,
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