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<p n="1871">January 1799.</p>
<p n="1872">took care to have the best, some of them would be<lb></lb>
dissatisfied were they to Dine at any Table, I<lb></lb>
have returned Meat I think three times in the<lb></lb>
Summer which I did not think perfectly sweat<lb></lb>
I buy their Tea and Sugar at Mr.. Baileys the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55611_occ705">Grocer</rs>
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and give 6sh. for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1311">Bohea</rs>
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and 8sh. for the Green<lb></lb>
Tea and I buy the best Salt Butter, I can get some<lb></lb>
times I give 11½d. and sometimes 1sh. Per pound<lb></lb>
they have their Tea in a Tin can never made use<lb></lb>
of for a Watering pot or any other use but for<lb></lb>
their Tea, it was thought the most Convenient<lb></lb>
Vessel to keep it hot in they have all tin Pots which<lb></lb>
hold a pint to put their Tea in they were bought<lb></lb>
for the purpose of serving them they have three<lb></lb>
Quartern Loaves and an half every Day<lb></lb>
among 12. for their Bread and Butter at<lb></lb>
Breakfast and Tea in the afternoon besides the<lb></lb>
Prison allowance of a pound Loaf every Day for<lb></lb>
each, they never made any Complaint to me as to<lb></lb>
the quantity given them, I always take Care to<lb></lb>
provide something more than a pound of Meat<lb></lb>
each day Per head they have their Meat Roasted<lb></lb>
one Day and boiled the other alternately and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n1872-1">always Vegetables</rs>
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, sometimes Potatoes, sometimes<lb></lb>
Greens in the Summer, I have given them Green<lb></lb>
Peas for which I paid 7s./6d. and 8s./0d. Per Sack they<lb></lb>
have a Pint of Porter each Day Per head at their<lb></lb>
Dinner I dont know that any of them have<lb></lb>
ever been seriously ill, they are in two large<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1312">Rooms</rs>
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now seven in One Room and five in<lb></lb>
another</p>
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