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were all sick, do such business as requires the Signature of some of these?
A. I have seen the Gentlemen sit when none of them were there, what business they did I can not tell. The Gentlemen some times do business at their own Houses. Undoubtedly the day of the Committee it is necessary some of them should be present.
Q. If you think it is necessary some of them should be present, do not you think it is that they may prevent the English Gentlemen being
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