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Monday the 28th usual Meeting I was
there at Coach & Horses money paid to Pugh
the Treasurer
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Wednesday 30 I sawWilliams - Jones they
Mission-ies [*] they said they came down to
get us organised - we are going to visit all
the places in the neighbourhood where
there are Lodges to stir them up
________ few of the friends in the evening

On Thursday I was at Newport came
home late I heard there had been a Meeting
at the Coach I calld there late going
home I saw Frost & Williams I believe Jones
was there this meeting I believe was private
Friday the Meeting took place 2 to 5
about 30 attended of Delegates Frost Williams
Jones Reynolds Moses Owen Phillips PP
Pencae Rumney Dowlas one from

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Agreed at this Meeting that should provide
Arms no matter what kind they must bring
something Guns Pikes Mandrels or even sticks
they should follow & obey the leaders
The report something to this effect
each Delegate how many they had -
each Lodge the next thing how many
had Guns - how many had pikes & how
many they could depend upon in
different clases some they thought better
without altogether 25 Lodges Blackwood
Pontllanfraith - Flower de lieu Maescummer
Crumlin Argoed Gellygross or near Crosspenmaen
Dowlas Rumney Twynn Star near Dukes Town
Sirhowy Ebw Vale Beaufort Waunlychan [*]
Lanelly Blaina British Iron Works [**]
Ponty Pool Newport

Thomas Tovey - Collier Job Tovey - [???] sear-ch Watts
House [???] Job was in ...

[**above this line ] [??]open with pay on friday
[* ?Waunhelygen]

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first of all to secure all the Authorities
every wher they where to be kept prisoners
as hostages for the safety of those in
persons they proposed different
places 1st at Abercarn all to meet at that
point; that would not do Ponty Pool had
to far to walk; they agreed to meet at
Risca about 12 o' Clock Sunday N-[igh]t
Afterwards to & follow the
leaders and to obey their orders
Frost Jones Williams - Reynolds Phillips
Owen & others about 30 present
When this arrangement was made
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Money given to b//uy Arms £5 by Pugh
friday N-t I returnd the same the same Saturday N-t
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the Delegate came down Saturday N-t saw
_______________________lodgings
me first I took him to Frost in
/Job Tuvey/

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Frost & him went out they were 10 Mi/nu/tes or
Quarter of an hour- Mrs Frost[*] gave me 2 letters
she gave my - Frost burnt 3 or 4 letters then
we went to the Coach & Horses - Frost went to
a bed room me and the Delegate the [?] ] wanted
put the rising further off I tould the young
man on the road he wishd to put off to another
time- Frost said he could not it was agreed
up they day before he to b/e/ a working
man he left & went Newport way
to Monmouth to go to Birmingham this was
about 9 o ten clock Saturday Night
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Saturday Night I was at the Coach & Horses
Number of people inside many strangers
half past 6 Frost was the outside
walking backwards & forwards they fired
a shot then started went up little way
to Blackwood turned round now for Newport
Women & Children crying much Armed Guns
Pikes &c

[*Mrs ?Mis[s]]

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