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“papers of that value will not hardly now be sold in the bazar,” if you will give me one rupee more than the bazar discount price, I will by 20,000 rupees worth of paper.” He sd I will got to my mar & return with paper abt 10 or 12 o’clock. I sd my bargain was void, unless he came back that day. About 10 or 11 he returned. I was above stairs, & he came upstairs to me, & had that certe (A) wrapped up in his cloth, & showed it me. I made inquiries about the gentleman his banyan &c & finding him to very differ in his conversation & seeing the paper dated Dec. 1789 & (looking attentively) I thought the paper new, & the writing fresh. I supposed the paper might have been kept clean in a bureau. I therefore had no strong suspicion I showed it I had a little suspicion, & gave it to Ramsoondar [Pawn?] who was near me to look at. He thot it might have been written over, & thence looked
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