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Content summary: 12 November 1803 : HP Wyndham to William Cunnington - Lord Chadworth has agreed for the excavation to proceed.'It is improbable that the jet black earth may not have been the first covering of the slain, & produced from the turf & mold thrown over them? & may not the residence of the bodies be found under it?' Asks for his opinion.

Summary: 12 November 1803 : HP Wyndham to William Cunnington - Lord Chadworth has agreed for the excavation to proceed.'It is improbable that the jet black earth may not have been the first covering of the slain, & produced from the turf & mold thrown over them? & may not the residence of the bodies be found under it?' Asks for his opinion.

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