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promise but that as I did not know his name or anything about him, I thot he was safe. I desired to know his reasons for bindg me to Secrecy. He told me it was on his own Recst because he was certain if it came to be known to those who would be disappointed, that he shod be murdered. I told him then that the matter seemed to be of more conseqs than I had imagined, & that I wd make him the Prom. Of Secrecy which he required.
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