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April 1795
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Cat from53Ton..10C..1..263s/160..11..6
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Wrot from2010..2..122/651..6..6
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£239..5..10
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Resolved that the same be referred to the consideration of
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the Committee for building the
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in Cold Bath
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to report their Opinion thereon to the Court.
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The following Petition of
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Joseph Wood
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and Joseph
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Wood the yor. being laid before the Court and read in the following
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Words Vizt.
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To His Majestys
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Justices of the Peace
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for the
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County of Middlesex
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The Humble Petition of
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the younger of
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in
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in the said County
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and Builders.
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Sheweth
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That in February 1788 your Petitioners Contracted to
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perform the Carpenters and Joiners Work in building the
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That in the Printed Particulars in the Book of Drawings
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of the said House of Correction it is directed in the first year the frenches
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should be dug, the Foundations of the Boundary Wall and of all the
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Cow Buildings, and the Boundary Wall Eight Feet above the ground line
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of the Ground Story to
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Principal Building and Infirmary should be built; that in the second
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year the remaining part of the Boundary Wall, all the
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the remaining part of the Ground Story of the Principal Building and
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