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that for my own part I would have nothing to do in any such affair.
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Here the matter rested and I heard nothing farther from him till (as near as I can remember)
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the Middle of January About which Time he told me. he was positive he could bring this
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Matter to a full Perfection, and to convince me yt. he could the
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ged that he has taken of the
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dorsemt. of the Note of £44: first mentioned very clean, and asked me whether I had
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served any traces of the Pen or any Martis of the Letters remaining: wch: I confess'd I had
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he went on to tell me that that being the first Tryal he had accidentally spoilt the Note
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over hasty drying of it and as for the Note of £100 whereon there was an Endorsemt of £85
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at he had attempted to take off a few Letters thereof in order incert others in their stead, wch:
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has
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experience could not be nialy performed, and therefore his future purpose was to take
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wholl endorsemt as at first and take some Method to prevent the discolouring the Paper
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To all this I answer'd that there was some shew of probability in what he had said, but
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that I would not be convinced till I had Ocular Demonstration.
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Whereupon in a few Days, he produced to me another Bank Note of £100. whereof he
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had got an Endorsemt: of £90. in another Note. wch: said Notes he shewed me together the
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Endorsemt of the said £100 Note being the same Date of the said £90 Note; And about
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Three Days after, he shewed me the said £100 Note, as fair and as clear as if there had
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never been any Endorsemt. upon it. I then told him I was fully convinced that Money
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might be got by this Method, but that it was a dishonest and scandalous Fact that
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there were great Difficullies and Dangers in the Manage
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thereof, and that we were
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liable to Discovery and to incurr the Penalty of the La
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To this he answerd that
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my part was Easie, since I was not to concern my self in
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Experiment on the Notes
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only to assist in receiving the Money; go sometimes to the Bank to take out notes; and
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sometimes to receive the first Endorsemt off them; all which it was safe for any Person
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to do. And to prevent being found out, when ever we sent for any second Endorsemt.
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were to send some Porter from any End of the Town, at a good Distance from the Bank
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and one of us was to send him, the other to follow and observe him, and to take Notice wh
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any Demurr was made there, which if he found, he was immediately to hasten back and
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acquaint the other therewith, who might walks off unobserved before the Porter come back
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We were never to send any Notes but such as we took out our selves; nor to receive the who
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Money of a Note, but only as large an Endorsemt: as conveniently we could whereby the Note
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could not be traced, nor would they ever remain in the hands of the Bank In words to this
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Effect he told me how he designed to proceed; and to enforce all and incline me heartily to
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come in to this Proposal, he added, that he well knew the Necessity I was in for want of
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