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<p n="378">July 1784</p>
<p n="379"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Motion to agree with<lb></lb>
the Commee in their<lb></lb>
report}</note>
</p>
<p n="380"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">amendments</note>
</p>
<p n="381"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Original motion<lb></lb>
withdrawn}</note>
</p>
<p n="382"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Motion for reading two<lb></lb>
Letters & examining 2<lb></lb>
Rolls of paper produce'd}</note>
A Motion was now made that this Court do agree<lb></lb>
with their Committee in their Report but before the Question was<lb></lb>
put thereon it was Moved by way of amendment to add these<lb></lb>
words vizt. "without looking at the Plans on the Table" the<lb></lb>
question being put on the amendment it was carried in the<lb></lb>
Negative the Original Motion was now by leave withdrawn and<lb></lb>
it was Moved that the Two Letters and Rolls of Paper produced to<lb></lb>
this Court be read and Examined and the same being agreed to<lb></lb>
the Letters were opened and read and are as follows vizt.</p>
<p n="383">"His Majestys Justices of the peace for the County of Middx.</p>
<p n="384">"Worsl. Sirs</p>
<p n="385"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Letter of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55609_n385-1">James Burton</rs>
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<lb></lb>
respecting a plan of<lb></lb>
a House of Correction<lb></lb>
formed by him}</note>
"An Advertisement having appeared in the public<lb></lb>
"prints purporting that a plan or plans for an House of Correction<lb></lb>
"would be this day taken into Consideration and having at leisure<lb></lb>
"intervals formed a design for such purpose supposed it would be<lb></lb>
"neither thought improper on unseasonable to lay such Plan before you<lb></lb>
"should its merits at all in title it to your attention I shall be extremely<lb></lb>
"happy in having filled up some vacant hours to a govd purpose<lb></lb>
"and shall think myself highly honoured if called upon to enter<lb></lb>
"into a particular Explanation of the design</p>
<p n="386">"I am Worshipl Sirs, with the greatest response</p>
<p n="387">"Wardrobe Court<lb></lb>
Docrs. Coms. July 8. 1784</p>
<p n="388">"Your Ob: Servant<lb></lb>
"<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55609_n388-1">Jas Burton</rs>
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<p n="389"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Letter of Mr Brettingham<lb></lb>
respecting a plans of a<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55609_geo257">House of Correction</rs>
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<lb></lb>
form'd by him}</note>
"To<lb></lb>
The Workshipful His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of<lb></lb>
"<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55609_geo258">Middlesex</rs>
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in their General Quarter Session of the peace holden for the said<lb></lb>
"County in the Month of July 84 assembled.</p>
<p n="390">"Mr Brettingham Architect understanding that it is<lb></lb>
"in Contemplation of His Majestys Justices of the Peace to build a New<lb></lb>
"House of Correction for this County humbly begs leave to submits their<lb></lb>
"Inspection a plan for that building."</p>
<p n="391"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Marks of the above<lb></lb>
mentd. plans.</note>
The Plans were marked C and D.</p>
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