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"residing within the district, wanting assistance, might on
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"As I am in the habit of attending the Poor in
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"great Numbers at my own House every Morning, it gives
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"me an opportunity of seeing the use such an Arrangement
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"would be of to the Parish, and having received much
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"civility and respect from the Inhabitants I should be
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"happy to contribute any services in my Power, indeed I
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"entertain a hope that it would not only Prove of benefit
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"to the Poor of this Parish in Particular but would be the
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"means of introducing a like system in other Parishes, by
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"which the Poor would always have Medical Assistance
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"afforded them within a short distance from their own
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"habitations, by Min of ability in the several districts,
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, the incivility
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"and illiberal language which they frequently make
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"use of under the Nation of the Surgeon being Paid to
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"If upon concidering these ideas you shall be
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"if on the contrary you should not approve them you'l
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"accept them as a wish to do good, from
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"Gents Your obliged & very hble Servt
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Bryan Crowther
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"February 1794"
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