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To the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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. To Wit.
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John Staples
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto
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us, two of His Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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acting in and for the
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aforesaid,
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(one whereof being of the Quorum) by the Church
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Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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John Porter
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lately intruded, and came into the said
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, and become chargeable to the same:
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We the said Justices, upon the Examination of the Pre-
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mises upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge
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the same to be true, and do also adjudge the Place of
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the last legal Settlement of the said
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to be in the Parish of
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Edw: Read
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THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name, to
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require you, the said Church Wardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor of the said
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sea
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, on sight hereof, to remove and convey the said
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from out of your said Parish of
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,
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to the said Parish of
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and Him deliver unto the Church Wardens and
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Overseers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them,
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together with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof,
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who are hereby required to receive and provide for Him
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according to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals
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this 14 Day of April 1791
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