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<p n="1275">February 1798.</p>
<p n="1276">Action is very great and the house in which he lives<lb></lb>
is very incommodious and extremely decayed the<lb></lb>
Circumstance of his Son's being obliged to go from his<lb></lb>
Lodge to the Gate Perhaps 100. times in a Day in rainy<lb></lb>
Weather over his head with a Mud Floor under his<lb></lb>
feet is a very serious Grievance he has been often<lb></lb>
obliged to change his Shoes when they have been<lb></lb>
entirely wet through twice or three times in a Day<lb></lb>
and has not escaped violent attacks of the Rheuma-<lb></lb>
-tism with all his Care.</p>
<p n="1277">Mr.. Aris's Distance from the Gate increases<lb></lb>
his Labour and fatigue in going backwards and<lb></lb>
forwards extremely whereas if he were so situated as<lb></lb>
to be within sight of the Gate and near it his Duty would<lb></lb>
be performed with much greater case and Satisfaction<lb></lb>
than at present I confess I observe with much Concern<lb></lb>
a great Alteration in the Governors health and I impute<lb></lb>
much of it to the great additional fatigue arising from<lb></lb>
his being so inconveniently placed I conceive that<lb></lb>
every Complaint both from the Father and the Son<lb></lb>
ought to be adjusted and removed for between £300.<lb></lb>
and £400. a sum apparently of little Consequence<lb></lb>
when Compared with the Preservation of the Health<lb></lb>
or securing the Comfort of so good and valuable an<lb></lb>
Officer as Mr.. Aris or so attentive <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55611_occ446">a Servant</rs>
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as his<lb></lb>
Son I would therefore beg leave to move that it be<lb></lb>
referred to the Committee to Consider under the Direction<lb></lb>
and with the assistance of Mr.. Rogers what plan may<lb></lb>
most effectually be adopted for the better Accomodation of<lb></lb>
the Governor and of the Principal Turnkey in Order to the<lb></lb>
more easy and effectual Discharge of their Duty and that<lb></lb>
the Committee do Report the result of their Deliberation to<lb></lb>
the Court on the next County Day.</p>
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