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Peck's Estate. Mr. Cordy got just D.26,66 of his debt; Mr Cordy came up here and asked me if I would let his brother Samuel take the note, I gave him leave. I then drove two yoke of oxen to Samuel M. Cordy Surry. Those oxen with the D.26,66 paid the debt. John Cordy at Lime did not know it, and on his death bead he willed me half of the said debt (his widdow And son signed the will) likewise when I was at sea Samuel M. Cordy got all the writings and turned my family out of doors.
This I can prove by Abishia Tubbes, Esq. Kind reader, look at the Mature of mankind, what they will do for silver and gold, but after all this earth, hard labor and perplexity of mind, I had won nothing and the best of my days were pad and gone and had to begin entirely anew. I now thought ail was gone, and I did not care whether I lived or died, but however, I went to work and shifted from plan to plan till at length I moved to Tunbridge in Vermont, on my passage, I undertook driving cattle, but by accident, I fell and broke my wrist. I walked eight miles before I could get it set, by that time I had gained some property, altho I was all this time a cripple and afflicted with broken bones, and sore sicknesses, and some fits. To add to all the rest, I became bail for a number of people, and all that I was bondman for, and took all I had, I had to pay
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