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to Lord Waldegrave and had lived there
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in Lord Waldegrave's House sometime on Thursday Morning
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last (March 19.) Says that about Ten o'Clock in the
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in the Servants Hall, when the Servant wandered where
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the Deced could be saying that she had not been at Dinner
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or at Tea with them That she had not been soon to go out,
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a Footman went into several Rooms in the House to look for her
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and at last in a Room called the Lumber Room two
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Pair of Stairs Dept. found the Deced hanging behind the
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Door, by a small Cord which was fastened to a Nail
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drove into a Wooden Beam and fastened about the
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she is, and immediately Dept. and Burton come down
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Stairs, and acquainted the Family therewith, Says that
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the Deced appeared to be dead, and Dept. believes that she
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Hanged herself, Says that the Deced for about a Week
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