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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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In Weathersfield, a person disguised as a man left a four-month-old male child with two young men at a private house early Friday morning, claiming to need Dr. Porter to set his wife's broken bones from a horse fall. The men discovered the deception and informed the Selectmen, who ordered care for the child. It is believed the person was the child's unnatural mother.
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They received the Child, and took Care of it till the Morning; when, being apprehensive they had been imposed upon, and made Inquiry of Dr. Porter, found that no such Person had applied to him. They were immediately convinced of the Cheat, and made Application to the Selectmen of Weathersfield, who gave Orders that suitable Care be taken of the Child. It is generally thought, that the Person who left the young Child with the young Men was the disguised unnatural Mother of it.
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Weathersfield
Event Date
Friday Morning Last
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suitable care ordered for the child by selectmen
Event Details
A person called at a private house in Weathersfield at about three o'Clock on Friday Morning last, left a four-month-old male child with two young men, claiming to fetch Dr. Porter to set his wife's broken bones from a horse fall. The men discovered the cheat upon inquiring with Dr. Porter and informed the Selectmen, who ordered care for the child. The person is thought to be the disguised mother.