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To the Worshipfull his Majestys
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The Humble Petition of
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That by Indenture dated the
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Thirteenth day of September
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which was in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and
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forty Four the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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of his Majestys
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your Petitioner Apprentice to
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Susanna Wood
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Leonard Shoreditch
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till She the said
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Elizabeth Stenton
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Should Attain
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her Age of Twenty one Years
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That your said Petitioners said Mistress has most Gruethey
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Beaten and Abused your Petr at divers times without any stroncation
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and about Two Months ago your Petr Mistress Struck her with
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an Iron Spindle and Dislocated your Petr Clbow so that your
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Petr must have lost the Use of her right hand had it not been
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for the great Care of the Surgeon of the
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That your Petr verily believes that if the Shod Continual
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with her said Mistress the is so very Passionate and Cruel she
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will one daly kill or Lane your Petitioner
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That your Petr said Mistress is now Married to one
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Mr.
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and he and Your Petr said Mistress have
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Now Agreed that your Petr may be Discharged from the said
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Indenture
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Therefore your Petr most humbly prays your Worshipp
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will be pleased to Discharge your Petr from her said
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And Your Petr shall ever Pray etc
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her
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