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20th October 1783 - 17th December 1784

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To the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor of the City of London and
the Rest of his Majesty's Justice of the Peace for the said City and
Liberties thereof in their General Session of the Peace assembled.

The humble Petition and Appeal of the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the Parish of Saint James within the Liberty
of the City of Westminster in the Country of
Middlesex .

Sheweth

That by Virtue of an Order under the Hands
and Seals of Robert Peckham< no role > Esquire Mayor and John Hart< no role > Esquire
two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of London
and Liberties thereof (one being of the Quorum) bearing Date the
14th. day of July last whereby Johannah< no role > the Widow of George
Jones
< no role > with her Child namely Alexander Solea< no role > aged five years
were removed and conveyed from the Parish of Saint Botolph
without Bishopsgate London to the said Parish of Saint
James Westminster as the place of their last legal Settlement
whereby your Petitioners conceive themselves aggrieved.

Your Petitioners therefore humbly Appeal
to this Court against the Adjudication
of the said two Justices and their said
Order and pray that the Hearing and
Determining of the said Appeal may come
on at this present General Session.

And your Petitioner will ever pray Etc.

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