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To ye Right Honourable Sr
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William Stewart
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for ye. sd City at ye Generall Quarter Sessions of the
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Peace for ye sd. City Assembled.
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The humble Petition of
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Benjamin Tomkins
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in the County
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of Berks
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Sheweth.
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That your Petitioner having One hundred Quarters of Mall lying on board
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a Lighter on Vessell Brookswharfe in
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ye Riverof Thames London
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which Mall your Petitioner had long before paid on Secured to be said all Duty due for the
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same, The said Lighter or
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on the Eighteenth Day of May now last
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past by same unknown and unavoidable Accident in the night time
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unfortunately cripplegate saith with your Petitioners said one hundred
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Quarters of Mail therein And confined under ye Water for mary hours
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before your Petitioner his Factor or Servantt could have Intelligence
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thereof or before the said Mall could be again taken up Whereby the
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said Mall received very great Damage To the great Loss and Deterinent
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of your Petitioner By reason whereof and for as much as your Petitioner
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having long before the said accident happened paid
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paid the Duty due for ye
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same Your Petitioner humbly apprhends he is intilled to be repaid &
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allow'd
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ye Duty he hath paid for the same on some part thereof or to have such an
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allowance as will bear ye same Proportion to ye whole Duty as the said
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Damage bears to ye value of the said Mall before was so damaged and to
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have such Releife & Redress as is intended by an Act passed in ye Twelfth
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year at her late Majesty Queen Ann.
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly Pray & your Worships
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would be pleased to determine Etc setts ye Quantity of ye Damage
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done to your Petitioners sd
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by ye sd Accident and to
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give your Petitioner a Certificate under your Worship
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hands & Seals of ye Sume your Worships shall think fitt to
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allow That ye officer appointed to
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ye sd Duty may
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repay or allow to your Petitioner so much mony a ge
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Sume your worshipps shall think fitt to allow or that
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your Worships would please to make such order therein
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for your Petrs Redress in ye places as your Worships shall
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which proper
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And yr Petitioner shall ever pray Etc.
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