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September 1798.
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and Co. if they will serve them at the lowest price which if
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they refuse then that only 5. Chaldrons be laid in for present
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use
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It being suggested to this Committee that the Butchers
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Meat is laid in at a price superior to the terms on which
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other public bodies are supplied Resolved That it be
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proposed to the Court to empower the Committee to
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make Contracts with the
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and other Tradesman
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as in their Discretion they shall judge proper
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Ordered That the Resolution of this Committee of
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February 5th. respecting the Diet for Prisoners under
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Conviction in the
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be in future
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strictly enforced; it was then Ordered that with Convicts
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there should be no distinction in the Article of Food
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The next Meeting was held on Monday September
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3d. 1798.
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At this Meeting the Chaplain stated that the
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Alterations in the Chapel of the
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had been
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made much to his satisfaction and that 150. Prisoners
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attended Divine Service on the last Lords Day he
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Reported the good behaviour of a Prisoner named
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Richard Haynes
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alias Underhill who came to the New
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House of Correction extremely ignorant of every thing that
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is Good but has learned the Catechism perfectly and has
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behaved himself in a very orderly manner he has one
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Month to continue in Prison and is desirous at the
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Expiration of that time to go to Sea The Committee
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expressed a Wish that some birth might be found for
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him and that he may not be at large to seek employ-
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The Chaplain also Reported That the behaviour
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John Smith
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two Persons under
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Conviction for Sedition has been for some time so
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indecent in the Chapel and their Declarations of
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