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before me this
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27th. day of December 1720
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This Deponent maketh Oath, that on Wed-
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abt: four of the Clock in the after:
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:noon One
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came to this
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Deponent and asked him if the Letter
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Carrier was gone by, and this Deponent sd.
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that the thought not Upon wch. ye sd
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Wm. Fitch asked this Deponent which
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the sd. Wm.
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Fitch yt. left yt Deponent, and afterwards
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John Huxley
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, which he sd. Willm. Fitch said
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came by the Generall Post, and therefore
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desired this Deponent to give it to the
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Letter Carrier as soon as the Saw him, which
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Capt viceso. sepimo die
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Dembrs 1720 cor N Withers
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