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who then did Show this
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that he
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Informed the Said Mr Johnson did not bye the Said Dimonds
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but they were Sold to Mr Fearnd at ye Golden Bellows in New=
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tould him He likewise Sayes that he
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saw the Said Elphingston have another parcell of Dimonds
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being about forty eight or fifty in number wth Elphingston
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tould this Informt he had offered to Sale to one Mr peirce
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at ye Signe of ye Golden Curp & Cover in
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preffered Twenty pounds for them but that he had Sould
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them to an other Pson for thirty pounds And likewise
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Pcell of Rose Dimonds wch looked very curiously & does belee
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They might be worth a Hundred pounds but how Elphingston
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disposed of them he Knows not
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Aprilis Anno regui Regis & Regine
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