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of a patriarchal kind,
butler & housekeeper being
husband & wife & with
their own boy living with
them in the house. But
it was found impossible
to keep Wm Jones, from
his inveterate habits
of lying. He was then
apprenticed, at his own
desire, to a watch-maker,
& subsequently to other
trades, & furnished with
a spring cork leg. From
every successive home
he ran away - & from
each I received letters,