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VISITS MR. SHU KER. IQ3
success of my petition, 1 determined to pay this gentle-
man a visit, and went to Shrewsbury, by the Mail;
and put up at the Talbot, kept at that time by Mr. Purs-
low, I then proceeded to Newport, Mr Shuker’s residence,
in a return chaise; but finding a difficulty of being in-
troduced to him as a female, not chusing to send in my
name, but that a lady wished to speak with him, which
not succeeding to my expectation I returned to Shrews-
bury, and procured an Ensign’s uniform of a person in
Dog Lane, who dealt in cloaths from London; not wish-
ing to change my dress at Mr. Purslow’s, where I
was known, I went to the Raven Inn, in Raven Street,
where I changed my female attire, for the one I had
procured the loan of—in which dress I walked to the
Elephant and Castle, in Mardol, and hiring a horse,
rode back to Newport. When I called at Mr. Shuker’s
house, I sent a message in by a servant, that a gentle-
man wished to speak with Mr. Shuker, and in return
received an answer to send in my name and business;
to which I replied, I waited on him, knowing Captain
Bowen of the 82d Regiment, and had something parti-
cular to communicate; on which I was immediately in-
troduced to him, and though labouring under considera-
ble agitation, I asked him if he knew a Miss Talbot, or
could inform me wfiat had become of her; he said
he had known her well, but, that she died abroad
in the year 1793. of which he was well informed by let-
ters in his possession, I told him I doubted the fact,
and wished to see the letters mentioned, which he
evaded; .1 then asked him if she had any par-
ticular mark, or that he should know her well enough
to swear to her person, if he was to see her; he replied
he could identify her, among a thousand, that she was
a twin, and had a deficiency on the left side of her fore-
head, I immediately put my hair aside, and pointed my
C c 2 finger^
success of my petition, 1 determined to pay this gentle-
man a visit, and went to Shrewsbury, by the Mail;
and put up at the Talbot, kept at that time by Mr. Purs-
low, I then proceeded to Newport, Mr Shuker’s residence,
in a return chaise; but finding a difficulty of being in-
troduced to him as a female, not chusing to send in my
name, but that a lady wished to speak with him, which
not succeeding to my expectation I returned to Shrews-
bury, and procured an Ensign’s uniform of a person in
Dog Lane, who dealt in cloaths from London; not wish-
ing to change my dress at Mr. Purslow’s, where I
was known, I went to the Raven Inn, in Raven Street,
where I changed my female attire, for the one I had
procured the loan of—in which dress I walked to the
Elephant and Castle, in Mardol, and hiring a horse,
rode back to Newport. When I called at Mr. Shuker’s
house, I sent a message in by a servant, that a gentle-
man wished to speak with Mr. Shuker, and in return
received an answer to send in my name and business;
to which I replied, I waited on him, knowing Captain
Bowen of the 82d Regiment, and had something parti-
cular to communicate; on which I was immediately in-
troduced to him, and though labouring under considera-
ble agitation, I asked him if he knew a Miss Talbot, or
could inform me wfiat had become of her; he said
he had known her well, but, that she died abroad
in the year 1793. of which he was well informed by let-
ters in his possession, I told him I doubted the fact,
and wished to see the letters mentioned, which he
evaded; .1 then asked him if she had any par-
ticular mark, or that he should know her well enough
to swear to her person, if he was to see her; he replied
he could identify her, among a thousand, that she was
a twin, and had a deficiency on the left side of her fore-
head, I immediately put my hair aside, and pointed my
C c 2 finger^