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one supposed himself to have been alone invited, and on being met at
the door by Squire Woodbridge and ushered into the study, was
surprised to find the room full of gentlemen. Drs. Partridge and
Sergeant and Squire Edwards were there, Captain Stoddard, Sheriff
Seymour, Tax-collector Williams, Solomon Gleason, John Bacon, Esquire,
General Pepoon and numerous other lawyers, County Treasurer Dwight,
Deacon Nash, Ephraim Williams, Esquire, Sedgwick's law-partner,
Captain Jones, the militia commissary of Stockbridge, at whose house
the town stock of arms and ammunition was stored, and some other
gentlemen.
When all had assembled, Woodbridge, having satisfied himself there
were no spies lurking about the garden, and that the gathering of
gentlemen had not attracted attention to the house, proceeded to close
the blinds of the study windows and draw the curtains. He then drew a
piece of printed paper from his pocket, opened it, and broached the
matter in hand to the wondering company, as follows:
"The awful suggestions with which the recent visitation of God has
invested my house for the time being, has enabled us to meet to-night
without danger that our deliberations will be interrupted, either by
the curiosity or the violence of the rabble.
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