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To the Worshipful his Majesty's Justices of the peace for the
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in their present General Sessions
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of the peace assembled
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The Humble Petition of
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of the parish of
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Saint Giles in the Fields
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in the
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for and on
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the behalf of her son
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an
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Apprentice
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Sheweth
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That by Indenture bearing date the
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Ninth Day of August
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which was in the Year of our Lord 1794
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Your Petitioners said son
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Precival put himself Apprentice to
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Joseph Wheeler
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of
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Grays Inn Lane
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Watchmaker
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for the Term of
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Seven Years and the Sum of Fifteen pounds was paid as an Apprentice
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, And she said
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Joseph
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Wheeler
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Cocenanted to track and Instruct or cause to be taught and
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instructed the said Apprentice in the first way and manner that he could
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in the Art Trade or Business of a
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and to find unto the said
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Apprentice good and sufficient Meat Drink Lodging and Physicl
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during the said Form
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That the said
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instead of performing the Covenants
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of the said Indenture has greatly neglected his said Apprentice and does
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not Instruct or cause him to be instructed in the Business of a
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