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Who being upon Oath says that he hath cause to suspect that
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Mr.
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Sum of four hundred sixty seven pounds Eleven Shillings, for
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that he has received a Letter from Mr.
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a Cause in the
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in which he this Informent
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, and which Letter he believes to be in the handwriting
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of the said Hunt informing him that he had remitted the aforesd.
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Sum of four hundred and sixty seven pounds Eleven Shillings
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to the aforesaid Gibson, and that he had recd. from him an
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of the Accomptant General's Certificates, and that also on
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Sworn before me this
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