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To the Worshipful his Majesty's
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at their General Quarter
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Sessions assembled.
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The Humble Petition of the ChurchWardens
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and Overseers of the Poor of the
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in the
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Sheweth
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That by an Order bearing date the 26th. day of August
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1795 under the Hands and Seals of
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and R. Johnson
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Esquires
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two of his Majesty's
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within the
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City and Liberty of
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grounded
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on the Complaint of the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the Parish of
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within the said City and County, for
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that
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Dessemay Peckford
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widow of
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had lately
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intruded and come into the said Parish of
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and
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become chargeable.
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That the said
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Mich. Downs
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and R. Johnson upon
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examination of the Premises upon cath and other Circumstances
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did adjudge the same to be true and did also adjudge the Place
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of the last legal Settlement of the said Dessmay Peckford to be in
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your Petitioners said
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By which said order
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your Petitioners think themselves Aggrieved
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Your Petitioners humbly pray, That your Worships
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will take th same into consideration, and grant
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them such relief as the nature of their case
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May require.
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And
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Your Petitioners Shall ever pray.
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