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To the Right Honourable
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the
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and the Worshipful
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the Aldermen his Majesty's Justices of
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the Peace for the same City at their
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General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
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The Humble Petition of the
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several Consumers of Wheat and
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Pease within the
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and the Liberties thereof
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That for some time past
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Market Prices of middling British Wheat and
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middling British Pease at the new Corn Market
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in
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have exceeded the Sums following
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to witmiddling British Wheat the Sum of
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forty eight Shillings the Quarter and middling
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British Pease the Sum of thirty two Shillings
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the Quarter, the continuance whereof your
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Petitioners apprehend will prove
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detrimental to the City in general and to your
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Petitioners in particular
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That your Petitioners are ready to
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make the Truth hereof appear, and to prove
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the same in such manner as by the Statues in
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that behalf is required
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Your Petitioners therefore most humbly
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pray that this Honble, Court will take their
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Case into consideration, and proceed to examine
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and determine the Common Market Prices of
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middling British Wheat and middling British
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Pease as the same are now and have been
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lately bought and sold in the Markets of this
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City, and to certify the same to his Majesty's
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Chief Officer and Collector of the Customs in
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such manner as by the Statutes in this behalf
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is required and directed
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And your Petitioners shall over pray Etc.
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