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is perhaps necessary, and but fair, to inform you, that this Narrative is written by those who merely profess to give a plain, unvarnished, but faithful history of a most extraordinary Character; and to do that in a manner as free from any improper allusion as the subject will possibly admit of. If, in this humble attempt, they can so far succeed as to convey the facts of this singular case in somewhat of an intelligible shape, all they dare to hope for will be accomplished.