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To the
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Lord Mayor
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and the Worshipful the Aldermen his
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Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the
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same City at their General Quarter Sessions
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of the Peace assembled
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The Humble Petition of the
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several Consumers of Wheat Barley
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and Oats within the City of London
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and the Liberties thereof
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That for sometime past the common Market
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Barley and middling British Oats at the new Corn Market
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in Mark Lane have exceeded the Sums following to wit
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middling British Wheat the Sum of forty Eight Shillings
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the Quarter middling British Barley the Sum of twenty
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four Shillings the Quarter and middling British Oats
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the Sum of sixteen Shillings the Quarter the Continuance
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whereof your Petitioners apprehend will prove very
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detrimental to the City in General and to your Petitioners
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in particular
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That Your Petitioners are ready to made the
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Truth hereof appear and to prove the same insuch manner
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as by the Statutes in that behalf is required
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Your Petitioners therefore most humbly
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pray that this Honble. Court will take their
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Case into Consideration and proceed to examine
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and determine the common Market Prices
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of middling British Wheat middling
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British Barley and middling British
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Oats as the same are now and have been
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lately bought and sold in the Markets of
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this City and to certify the same to his
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Majesty's Chief Officer and Collector of the
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Customs in such manner as by the Statutes
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in this behalf is required and directed
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And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc.
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Rob Holders
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. for Petrs.
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