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7th January 1736 - 23rd December 1736

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To the Right Honourable Sir Edward Bellamy< no role > Knt
Lord Mayor of the City of London and the rest of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace of the said City in General Session Assembled

The Humble Petition of Solomon Myers< no role > of
the Parish of St Buttolph without Bishopsgate

Sheweth


That your Petitioner about the Fifteenth day of March one
thousand seven hundred and thirty three was put an Apprentice
by Foreign Indenture to Abraham Levi< no role > the younger of London Diamond Cutter to
Serve from thence for the Space of Five Years

That your Petitioner hath faithfully Served the said Levi for the
Space of Two years and behaved and Demeaned himself in all things
a [..] an honest apprentice, But the said Levi hath not allowed to
your Petitioner Sufficient Meat Drink washing & Lodging nor
taught and Instrusted your Petr in the said Trade of a Diamond Cutter
as by his Agreement he is Obliged to do And hath Several times
beat your Petr. very immediately without any Just occasion

Therefore your Petitioner humbly Prays that
for the Causes aforesd he may be Discharged from
his said Apprenticeship , and have such other
Relief as to this Court shall seem meet

And your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc

Solomon Mayors< no role >




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