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<p n="896">Continued Thursday 3d: Septemr 1795.</p>
<p n="897">"almost immediately replaced by others and the floors were not<lb></lb>
"in this Deponents judgment sufficiently shared to support<lb></lb>
"such weights as were laid upon them and this Deponent repeat-<lb></lb>
"-edly remonstrated with Mr. Snugg's Mr. Prentis who this Dept.<lb></lb>
"believes is Mr. Snuggs's partner and Mr. Morgan the Bricklayer<lb></lb>
"and other workmen employed in the said Work on the impropriety<lb></lb>
"of their conduct And this Deponent further Saith that he<lb></lb>
"desired the Contractor or his workmen repeatedly to put up<lb></lb>
"the Story Posts and Bresummers described in the Plans and<lb></lb>
"Particulars to secure the floors and Walls which was neglected<lb></lb>
"to be done And this Deponent made repeated complaints<obscured></obscured>
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"respecting the manner in which the work was doing and the<lb></lb>
"materials that were using in consequence of which some of<lb></lb>
"such materials were changed And this Deponent further<lb></lb>
"saith that finding his remonstrances ineffectual he complained<lb></lb>
"to Mr. Lewis who wrote a Letter to Mr. Snuggs on the 3d. day of<lb></lb>
"June last which this Deponent delivered to one of the Workmen<lb></lb>
"on the premises and in a few minutes after he saw Mr. Snuggs<lb></lb>
"who acknowledged the receipt of the Letter and this Deponent<lb></lb>
"then requested him again from Mr. Lewis to remove all the<lb></lb>
"Bricks and Rubbish from off the floors and to put the Story<lb></lb>
"Posts and Bresummers up as the Girders were very much bent<lb></lb>
"by the Loads which were laid upon the floors to which Mr.<lb></lb>
"Snuggs said that he would not be tied down to finish any<lb></lb>
"part of the work first that he had taken the Contract to<lb></lb>
"finish the work in a limited time and he should proceed<lb></lb>
"as he was doing that neither Mr. Lewis is nor any Surveyor<lb></lb>
"could desire him to do otherwise and he could not finish<lb></lb>
"the work in time if he was tied down to finish any particular<lb></lb>
"part first or used words to that effect and he also said he would<lb></lb>
"call upon Mr. Lewis And this Deponent further Saith that<lb></lb>
"he Complained to Mr. Morgan the Bricklayer that the Roofs of<lb></lb>
"the adjoining Houses were loaded with the Tiles taken off the<lb></lb>
"Building which was repairing and desired that the same<lb></lb>
"might be lowered down and informed him that an Accident<lb></lb>
"had happened from similar conduct by the former Contractors<lb></lb>
"for Repairing the North side of the Womens Prison and<lb></lb>
"that the damage had been repaired at their expence to</p>
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