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INSTRUCTIONS
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FOR THE
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OUT-PENSIONERS OF CHELSEA HOSPITAL.
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All Out-Pensioners (as well Letterman as others) belonging to the said Hospital,
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who live at a greater Distance than Twenty-five Miles from London, and those in
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Scotland and Ireland, are hereby required and commanded, that immediately after
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the 25th of December, 1764, and after every succeeding
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25th of June
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and Decem-
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ber, till further Orders, they forthwith apply themselves to one of His Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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in the Neighbourhood where they reside; and make the fol-
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lowing Affidavit, which the said Magistrate for the County, City, Borough, or
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Riding, before whom the Pensioner appears, will sign and date, viz.
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Chas.. Bennett
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came before me one of His Majesty's
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Justices of Peace for the County ofand
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made Oath that he was admitted an
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Out-Pensioner
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of
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CHELSEA
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COLLEGE
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, on the
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13 Day of March 17 89
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from the 2d Regiment of Root Gad commanded by
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Wm Duke of York was then aged about 43
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Years: served in the Army 21¾ Years: was discharged for
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being
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natick & worn out
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and that he is no otherwise provided for by the Government
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but as a
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Pensioner
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, of the said College; and now lives in the
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Parish ofin the County of
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Sworn before me
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thisDay of17
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To the End that the Commissioners for the Affairs of the said Hospital may be
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satisfied, that they are the same Persons who have passed their Examinations; the
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Pensioners are hereby directed, that such of them as have served in, and been
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discharged from any of the Regiments, or Independent Companies of Invalids,
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are not to mention in their Affidavits, such Regiment or Company of Invalids in
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which they served, but the Regiment, Troop, or Corps of the Army from which
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they were first discharged, and recommended and received to
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Chelsea Hospital
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The Affidavit drawn according to the above Form, sworn before, dated and
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attested by a Magistrate, is to be put up in a Cover, and sent by the General Post,
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(directed thus) "To the Right Honourable the Pay Master General of His
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"Majsety's Land Forces, at
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the Horse Guards
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, London, "at the Terms above-
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mentioned; and that Counterparts or Duplicates of the said Affidavit be reserved
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by the Out-Pensioners respectively, to be exhibited to such Persons as shall be
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directed to pay them; that they may be satisfied that all such as may claim Out-
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Pensioners, are the real Persons intitled to receive the same.
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Lastly, It is notified, that none will be entered upon the Pay-Lists of the said
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Hospital, or be thought intitled to receive any Benefit therefrom, who shall not
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act agreeable to these Orders and Directions.
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N. B. The
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Pensioner
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is desired to indorse the Affidavit with the Regiment,
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Name, and Date.
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