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The forc'd marriage: or the miseries and afflicting calamities of the unhappy Miss Betsey Ward. This beatuiful young Lady was the daughter of an eminent Grocer; his Apprentice a young Gentleman named Potter, possessed of a few Hundred Pounds paid his addresses to her, which she accepted, he being near out of his Time, and for a while affairs went on in a state of mutual Love; but Fortune changes, she is courted by a Rich Merchant's Son, and Mr. Potter thro' an unlucky accident Dies; her Father comples her to marry the Merchant, then by the wickedness and treachery of Lydia her Cousin, she is made most miserable ever after while she lived.
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Date: [1785?]
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