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To the Right honourable
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Frederick Bull
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Lord Mayor
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of the
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and the rest of his
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Majestys Justices of the Peace
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for the said City at the General Quarter Sessions assembled.
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The humble Petition of Sundry of the Merchants of the
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trading to virginia and
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Sheweth
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That at a General Sessions of Peace held by Adjournment on the Twenty sixth day of September one thousand seven
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hundred and Seventy two in Pursuance of a Petition of the Fellowship of Carmen of the said City this honourable Court was
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Pleased to regulate and Assess the Prices of the Carriage of the several Goods in the said Order Particularly mentioned
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That by the said Rates and Assessments your Petitioners are charged and have ever since Paid for the
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Cartage of every Hogshead of Tobacco from the Waterside to your Petitioners respective Warehouses situate as underneath
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the Sum of one shilling and two Pence and from the said Warehouses to the Waterside one shilling.
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That as the distance has been the Rule for fixing the rate of Cartage on all other Goods Your Petitioners
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humbly beg leave to recommend to the Notice of this honourable Court That the farthest of Your Petitioners Warehouses
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as appears by the annexed measurement does not exceed the distance of three Quarters of a Mile.
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That the Prices of Cartage have been raised at various times, on divers Pretences and your Petitioners not
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being apprised of the late application, had no opportunity of opposing the same
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That the high Price of Provender for Horses alledged by the Carmen in support of their application
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for an Increase of Cartage is now in a great Degree removed, and the Pavement so much improved that they
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can carry two Loads to most of these Warehouses within the same time they usually carried one to some others
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for which they demanded no greater Fare
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That your Petitioners apprehend and humbly submit to this honourable Court that the Rate formerly
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paid vizt. one shilling Per Hogshead from the Waterside to any of your Petitioners Warehouses and Ten pence
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Per Hogshead from such Warehouses to the Waterside is an ample and sufficient Compensation as by that
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means each Cart which Generally carries three Hogsheads, earns three shillings for every turn from the waterside
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two shillings and six pence for every two from such Warehouses to the Keys.
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Your Petitioners therefore most humbly pray Your Lordships and Worships to regulate and assess the
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Price of Cartage of Tobacco to and from Your Petitioners Warehouses in such manner as to
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Your Lordship and Worships shall seem just and equitable
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And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc.
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Measurement of the several Warehouses above referred to
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Mile Furr Pale Yds.
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John Hundman
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