Sir

By the Vagrant Act of the 17th: of his present Majesty all Vagrants are to
be conveyed to the Place of their last legal Settlement or if that can't be found to the
Place of their Birth in the next direct Way to such their places of Settlement or
Birth, And it appearing to the Justices of the Peace for the County of Hertford
at a General Quarter Session of the Peace held by Adjournment for the said
County on the 25th. of January last that several Vagrants passed from the
City of London and County of Middlesex to the Countys of Essex Suffolk &
Norfolk are sent to the Parish of Chesthunt in the said County of Hertford
to be thence conveyed on to their several Places of Settlement who ought
to be sent the White Chappel and West Ham Road that being the
next direct Way to the said Countys of Essex Suffolk and Norfolk whereby
the County of Hertford is put to a greater Expence in passing & conveying
Vagrants than it ought to bear; I am therefore directed by the said
Court to desire you to acquaint the Justices of the City of London with
the above Matters that this Extraordinary Expence to the County
of Hertford may be prevented for the future, I am

Your most Humble Servt.

Bos. Toller< no role > Cl of the peace
for the County of Hertford

London