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June 1795.
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for the said County and the
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At the General Session of the Peace of our Lord the King
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at the Session
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Samuel Bridgman
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High Constable
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of
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Finsbury
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"Ordered that Notice hereof be given to His Majestys
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Justices of the Peace
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"By the Court
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"Selby.
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"No 143
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Goswell Street
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20th. June 1795.
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"Worshipful Gentleman
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, I beg
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Silversmith
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in the Liberty
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to the Church
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