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The fecond cafe was of a black man, fervant to a 
gentleman who lived fomewherc in the neighbour- 
hood of Grays-Inn. This black man married a 
white woman, who lived in the fame family ; and,' 
when die proved with child, took a lodging for her 
in Grav’s-inn-lane ; when Ihe was at her full time, 
the mafler had bufinefs out of town, and took his 
man with him, and did not return till ten or twelve 
days after this woman was delivered of a girl, which 
was as fair a child to look at as any born of white 
parents, and her features exactly like the mother’s. 
The black at his return was very much didurbed at 
the appearance of the child, and fworeit was not his; 
but the nurfe who attended the lying-in woman foon 
fitisfied him j for the undrelTed the infant, and 
fliewed him the right buttock and thigh, which 
were as black as the father, and reconciled him im- 
mediately to both mother and child. I was informed 
of the fadt, and went to the place, where I examined 
the child, and found it true ; this was in the fpring 
of the year i 747, as my notes fpecify which I took 
upon the fpot. 
As I was willing to add as much as polhble to the 
above account, I took an opportunity of enquiring 
about matters of this fort, in a worthy family who 
came to live in Red-Lyon-Square not many months 
agoj and had lived in Virginia feveral years in a 
confpicuous light ; and was informed by the lady 
of the family of the two following curious parti- 
culars : 
About nineteen years ago, in a fmall plantation 
near to that of this family, which belonged to a 
widow, two of her flaves, both black, were mar- 
ried ; 
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