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him before you saw him in the New Fort.
A. I knew him from a child & I knew his father.
Qu. Did you call there on purpose or by Accident.
A. By Accident. I saw him sitting without the door as I passed thro’ the Fort; and I stopt there.
Qu. Were you on foot?
A. Yes; they would not suffer a palanquin with a black [man] in it to pass thro’ the fort.
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