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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;I do hereby certify that John Mittitchel hath&lt;br /&gt;this day brought a Negro boy, [illegible,crossed out] Joseph&lt;br /&gt;before me a Justice of the peace as a runaway&lt;br /&gt;who says that he belongs to Francis Jordan&lt;br /&gt;of Louisa : and the distance from the place&lt;br /&gt;where the said Slave was apprehended and the&lt;br /&gt;residence of the said Jordan is in my&lt;br /&gt;opinion twenty five miles. Given under&lt;br /&gt;my hand this 26th day of March 1808.&lt;br /&gt;Henry Robinson&lt;/p&gt;
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