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Subject: [VA-HIST] What was stolen?

Court record of 7 Dec 1761 of examination of suspects in breaking &
entering and stealing "one Howsing and two Circingles."

Allowing for "flexible" spelling, unclear handwriting, and reader error,
(1) what was taken, and (2) what were their uses?

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