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January 1799.
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took care to have the best, some of them would be
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dissatisfied were they to Dine at any Table, I
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have returned Meat I think three times in the
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Summer which I did not think perfectly sweat
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I buy their Tea and Sugar at Mr.. Baileys the
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and give 6sh. for the
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Bohea
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and 8sh. for the Green
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Tea and I buy the best Salt Butter, I can get some
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times I give 11½d. and sometimes 1sh. Per pound
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they have their Tea in a Tin can never made use
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of for a Watering pot or any other use but for
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their Tea, it was thought the most Convenient
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Vessel to keep it hot in they have all tin Pots which
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hold a pint to put their Tea in they were bought
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for the purpose of serving them they have three
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Quartern Loaves and an half every Day
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among 12. for their Bread and Butter at
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Breakfast and Tea in the afternoon besides the
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Prison allowance of a pound Loaf every Day for
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each, they never made any Complaint to me as to
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the quantity given them, I always take Care to
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provide something more than a pound of Meat
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each day Per head they have their Meat Roasted
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one Day and boiled the other alternately and
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always Vegetables
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, sometimes Potatoes, sometimes
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Greens in the Summer, I have given them Green
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Peas for which I paid 7s./6d. and 8s./0d. Per Sack they
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have a Pint of Porter each Day Per head at their
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Dinner I dont know that any of them have
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ever been seriously ill, they are in two large
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now seven in One Room and five in
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