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Vecino del Puesto de Punta Cortada
a quien su mrd dho. Señor Tenien
te Gobernador por medio de los
Ynterpretes D.n Juan Joseph Duforest
y D.n Daniel Mortimer, y por ante
mi el Escribano recibio juramento que lo
hizo por Dios nuestro Señor y una
Señal de Cruz conforme a derecho
baxo el qual ofrecio decir verdad en
lo que supiere y fuere preguntado; y
siendolo si ha tenido noticia de la
sublevacion que se dice haber
proyectado los Negros de la Nacion
Mina del Puesto de Punta Cortada
y falsa Rivera con intento de
matar a los blancos; y si á los mismos
Negros ó á alguno de ellos les ha
oido el declarante hablar del par
ticular? dixo: que despues de la
a quien su mrd dho. Señor Tenien
te Gobernador por medio de los
Ynterpretes D.n Juan Joseph Duforest
y D.n Daniel Mortimer, y por ante
mi el Escribano recibio juramento que lo
hizo por Dios nuestro Señor y una
Señal de Cruz conforme a derecho
baxo el qual ofrecio decir verdad en
lo que supiere y fuere preguntado; y
siendolo si ha tenido noticia de la
sublevacion que se dice haber
proyectado los Negros de la Nacion
Mina del Puesto de Punta Cortada
y falsa Rivera con intento de
matar a los blancos; y si á los mismos
Negros ó á alguno de ellos les ha
oido el declarante hablar del par
ticular? dixo: que despues de la
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of Punta Cortada appeared in his presence
from whom his honor said Señor Lieutenant
Governor through the
Interpreters Don Juan Joseph Duforest
and Don Daniel Mortimer, and before
me the Scribe received the oath that he
gave before God our Lord and a
Sign of the Cross according to law
under which he promised to tell the truth as
he knew it and was asked; and being
asked if he had had notice of the
uprising which was said to have been
planned by the Blacks of the Mina
Nation of the Post of Punta Cortada
and falsa Rivera with the intention
of killing the whites; and if the declarant
had heard these same Blacks
or any of them speak of the
matter? he said: that after the
from whom his honor said Señor Lieutenant
Governor through the
Interpreters Don Juan Joseph Duforest
and Don Daniel Mortimer, and before
me the Scribe received the oath that he
gave before God our Lord and a
Sign of the Cross according to law
under which he promised to tell the truth as
he knew it and was asked; and being
asked if he had had notice of the
uprising which was said to have been
planned by the Blacks of the Mina
Nation of the Post of Punta Cortada
and falsa Rivera with the intention
of killing the whites; and if the declarant
had heard these same Blacks
or any of them speak of the
matter? he said: that after the
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