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12th April 1775 - 1st November 1777

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William Catherall< no role > , William Hall< no role > ,
Thomas Jones< no role > , alias Burdett< no role > , and John Langton< no role >
be respectively kept to hard Labour for the
Term of seven Years, and that the said John
Moore
< no role > and William Dickinson< no role > be respectively
kept to hard Labour for the Term of Three
Years, in raising Sand, Soil and Gravel from,
and cleaning the River Thames , and other
Service for the Benefit of the Navigation of the
said River, under the Management and Direction
of the Overseer or Overseers appointed in pursuance
of an Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth
Year of His Majesty's Reigns, entitled an Act
to authorize, for a limited Time the Punishment
by hard Labour of Offenders, who for certain
Crimes are or shall become liable to be
transported to any of His Majesty's Coloney
and Plantations, And that they the said Elizabeth
Anderson
< no role > & Elizabeth Gillain< no role > be respectively
kept to have Labour in Bridewell , for the Term
of three Years, in pursuance of the aforesaid Act
His Majesty has thereupon been graciously pleased
to extend his Mercy to Them on the above Condition
and has commanded me to signify the same to you,
that you do forthwith give the necessary Orders
for putting the same into Execution in pursuance
of the Act of Parliament in that Behalf

I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant

Weymouth




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