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To the Worshipful his Majesty's
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in General Quarter Session of the Peace at the Session House on
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in the said County assembled
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The humble Petition and Appeal of
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Joseph Bird
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the Hamlet of
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Ratcliff
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Esquire
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Sheweth
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That your Petitioner was on the 23d Day of June
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1797 not only rated or assessed for his Dwelling House situate at Cock
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Hill in the said Hamlet of Ratcliff but also for his Sail Loft Warehouse
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and wharf situate and lying behind his said Dwelling House by the
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Commissioners acting in and under a certain Act of Parliament
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passed in the 11th. Year of his present Majesty Intituted "an Act
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from the Parish of
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Saint
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also the said
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the foot Path in
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Part of the
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Precinct of well close
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Ratcliff Cross
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Butcher Row and Brook Street And
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"the several Streets Lanes and Passages opening into the same and for
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"removing all Obstructions and Annoyances there from and preventing
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"the like for the future"
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That your Petitioner humbly conceives that he is
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not liable to be rated or assessed for the said Sail Lost Warehouse and
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Wharf situate behind his said Dwelling House the same not being
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situate within any of the Places particularly specified in the said
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Act and which have been paved by Virtue of or in pursuance
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thereof which exempts your Petitioner from any Rate or Assessment
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whatsoever for the said last mentioned Premises
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly appeals to
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this Court against the Assessment of the said
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Commissioners and prays that your worships will
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be pleased to appoint a Day to hear and determine
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the said Appeal
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And your Petitioner will ever pray Etc
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