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From the Public Advertiser, 2 November 1779:
"The following melancholy Accident happened at Durham on Wednesday the 6th inst. Matthew Carr, of Ryehope, Esq; who had been attending the Sessions in that City, after going to bed fell into a Dream about Fox-hunting, and supposing he was taking a flying Leap after the Hounds, the Force of Imagination acvted so powerfully on him, that he jumped out of the Window of his Bed-chamber, and unfortunately broke his Knee-pan, which brought on a Mortification, and he died the Monday following. He was a Gentleman in the Commission of the Peace, and greatly respected."
"The following melancholy Accident happened at Durham on Wednesday the 6th inst. Matthew Carr, of Ryehope, Esq; who had been attending the Sessions in that City, after going to bed fell into a Dream about Fox-hunting, and supposing he was taking a flying Leap after the Hounds, the Force of Imagination acvted so powerfully on him, that he jumped out of the Window of his Bed-chamber, and unfortunately broke his Knee-pan, which brought on a Mortification, and he died the Monday following. He was a Gentleman in the Commission of the Peace, and greatly respected."
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