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To the Worshipful his Majesty's
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at their General Quarter Sessions
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assembled.
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The Humble Petition of the Churchwardens and
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Overseers of the Poor of the
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in the County of Surry.
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That by an order bearing date the 19th. day of May 1797
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under the Hands and Seals of
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Joseph Moser
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Esquires
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two of his Majesty's
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acting in
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and for the City and Liberty of
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Westminster
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grounded on the
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Complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the Parish of
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Saint Margaret
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in the said City and Liberty,
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That
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Jane Wood
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wife of
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James Wood
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and her four Children
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namely
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aged Six years,
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Sarah
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aged three years and
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Mary
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aged One year have lately
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intruded and come into the said Parish of Saint Margaret
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and become Chargeable.
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That the said
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Joseph Moser
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and H. Cosser, upon
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examination of the Premises upon Oath and other Circumstances
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did adjudge the same to be true, and did also adjudge
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the Place of the last legal Settlement of the said
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Jane Wood
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and her said Four Children to be in your Petitioners said
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. By which said Order your Petitioners
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think themselves aggrieved.
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Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, That
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Your Worships will take the same into Consideration
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and grant them such relief as the nature of their
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case may requrie.
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