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<p n="853"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo822">Newcastle</rs>
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House March 22d. 1737/8</p>
<p n="854">Sir</p>
<p n="855"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Copy of a Letter from the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1169">Duke of New castle</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1170">Custos</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Rotulorum of Middx and<lb></lb>
the City & Liberty of Westmr.<lb></lb>
to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n855-1">Edwd. Barker</rs>
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Esqr.<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1171">Chairman</rs>
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of the Sessions<lb></lb>
of the peace for Middx}</note>
I Send you here enclosed a Copy of a Letter from the Lords<lb></lb>
of His Majestys most Honourable Privy Council directed to me<lb></lb>
as Custos Rotulorum of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo823">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and City and<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo824">Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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, Signifying His Majestys Pleasure, that<lb></lb>
I Should recomend it in the Strongest manner to the Justices<lb></lb>
of the peace for the Said County, and the Said City and Liberty,<lb></lb>
to employ their utmost Care and Vigilance, and to prevent<lb></lb>
and Suppress all riotus and other unlawfull Assamblys,<lb></lb>
and all Combinations, and Confederacys, that Shall be<lb></lb>
entered into, to encourage a Disobedience there to I am<lb></lb>
therefore in Obedience to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n855-2">His Majesty</rs>
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's Comands to desire<lb></lb>
you would forthwith communicate to the Said Letter to<lb></lb>
the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1172">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo825">County of Middlesex</rs>
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that They<lb></lb>
may take effectual Care that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n855-3">His Majesty</rs>
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's Commands<lb></lb>
contained in it may be punctually obeyed I am persuaded<lb></lb>
their Zeal for His Majestys Service as well, as Regard <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
<del>due</del>
for the due execution of the Laws will be Sufficient to<lb></lb>
induce them to make use of the Authority with which<lb></lb>
they are invseted, for procuring due Obdience to the<lb></lb>
Said Laws, wherein the Honour of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n855-4">His Majesty</rs>
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's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1173">Government</rs>
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, and the Preservation of the Peace Health,<lb></lb>
and Safety of His Subjects are So much concerned. - And<lb></lb>
I am to desire, that the Justices do from time to time<lb></lb>
transmit to me a particular Account of their<lb></lb>
Proceedings, inserting the Names of these Justices, that<lb></lb>
attend their meetings and of the Peace Officers whom<lb></lb>
they Shall employ, that it may be laid before <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n855-5">His Majesty</rs>
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<lb></lb>
as is directed by the enclosed Letter</p>
<p n="856">I am<lb></lb>
Sir<lb></lb>
Your most Humble Servant<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo826">Holles</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo827">Newcastle</rs>
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</p>
<p n="857">The Chairman of the Sessions of the<lb></lb>
Peace for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo828">County of Middlesex</rs>
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</p>
<p n="858">At a General Meeting of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1174">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for the County<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo829">Middlesex</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo830">Hicks Hall</rs>
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in the Said County on Thursday the 30th.<lb></lb>
day of March 1738.</p>
<p n="859"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Resolutions of the Justices of<lb></lb>
the peace of Middx at their<lb></lb>
General Meeting at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo831">Hicks Hall</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on the 30th. day of March<lb></lb>
1738 about putting in<lb></lb>
execution the Geneva Act<lb></lb>
& Act of Parliament agt.<lb></lb>
Riotors}</note>
The Chairman Comunicated to the Said Justices a Letter to him<lb></lb>
directed from His Grace the Duke of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo832">Newcastle</rs>
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and also the Copy of a Letter<lb></lb>
inclosed therein from the Lords of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n859-1">His Majesty</rs>
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's Most Honourable Privy<lb></lb>
Council directed to His Grace as Custos Rotulorum of the County of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo833">Middlesex</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo834">City and Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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, together with His<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo835">Majesty'</rs>
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s Proclamation. For putting in Execution the late Act<lb></lb>
"against Retailing of Spirituous Liquors, and for Protecting the<lb></lb>
"Officers of Justice, and all others in their just and landable</p>
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