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To the Worshipfull his Majesty's
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That your Petitioner by Indenture dated on or about the
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twenty fourth day of July One thousand seven hundred and Sixty
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was bound Apprentice to
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for the
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Term of seven Years to learn his Art and Mistery
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Thomas Pike
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hath divers and sundry times cruelly
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beat and bruised your Petitioner, our Sprained your Petitioners
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left
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wrist very violently by striking him with a large Piece of wood
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upon the same and ours pulled your Petitioner violently down by the
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Hair of his Head against a Bedstead Which nut the same very Ferribly
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That on the twenty ninth day of March Last the said
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Thomas Pike
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struck your Petitioner with an Iron Square on the right Side of his
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Head and Wounded him thereon and at the same time sprained leg
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sometime for Cure
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Yor. Petitioner therefore Most humbly Prays
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that your Worships will be Pleased to
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discharge your Petitioner from his
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And your Petitioner shall ever Pray Etc
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