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and he would send it to the Printer in Virginia and have it
printed and all Maryland and Virginia should have it to Read
and he would let the world know that Esq^r Lee was an old
Roguish son of a Bitch and that he and the forerunners of his
Family was Damned Rogues and Close hearted hogish Sons
of Bitches. To this Deponent's Knowledge he wrote a re-
markable Quantity of Letters and sent to Portobacco for his
Wife to send by the Post to Annapolis and several other
Gentlemen and this Deponent was informed M^rs Doncastle
broke one of the Letters open and saw it was ridiculous she
would not send them and she desired the Bearer of them
Letters to bring her no more for if M^r Doncastle was at home
he would be glad to sop his Bread in the Bottom of the Dish in
the fat that run out of the Bacon when it was Cut. This Depo-
nent has often heard Wright say that if he did not get his ends
of the Sheriff while he was in Goal after he got out he would
make Friends to get Cash to Sue the Sheriff in the Provincial
Court and he would follow him up 'till he ruined him and his
Family and he did not doubt but he could get Cash enough out
of the Sheriff to pay his Debts. There was so great a plenty of
Provision in Goal that it was often threw into the Necessary
hole for the Hogs to eat the Deponent persuaded them they
had better send it back, the Negroes would eat it, they said if
they should return it they should not have such a plenty any
more. I was told by Ignatius Green that Wright was upwards

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of half a Day a cutting through the Goal with a Cutter Knife
about ten days before the Sheriff found their last attempt of
breaking the Goal but Wright did not succeed in his attempt
and Green further said the Prisoners all knew of it and did
not tell the Sheriff of it and I have been informed that Wright
Stole a good Pocket Book from one of the Prisoners and sent
it home by his Mother and there was a great many Papers of
great Consequence in it and he concealed them all. This
Deponent was at Ignatius Gardiner's and Luke Gardiner told
him he had lent Wright Cash to Sue the Sheriff in the Provin-
cial Court. I asked Gardiner if he was acquainted with Wright
and he said he was very well I asked him about his Character
and he told me he was a very Worthless Quarrelsome Lazy
Fellow to his Family as well as strangers. From this Deponent's
first coming to Goal the Prison never Leaked more than twice
and then but a few drops and it was remarkable Windy it was
in June and on the Eighth day of September but we received
no Damage by it there was so much Room we put our Beds out
of the Leaks The Deponent further saith that he knew several
of the Prisoners' Wives to continue in Goal two Nights at a
Time and they always said they were used very well out of

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