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To The Worshipful Bench of Justices.
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Hon ye. County of Middlex. att the Genll. quartr. Sessions
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holden att hixes hall.
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May it Please Your Worship's.
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I was bought up in the
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of St. Clemons
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Danes
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, and Afterwards in Sepr. 1720. was bound an
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Apprentice att the Goynt Charge of the Said parish
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and the Society to which I belonged to
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Walter Chaloner
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who a Year afterward gave five pound with me and two
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suits of verry good Apparel to Mr.
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Wm. Will's
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Vittler
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now Living att the
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Sign of the Pyed Bull
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in Graysinn Lane
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who takes no Care of me nor Shew any Concern for me so yt.
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I am almost in a naked Condition and ever reduced
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to Clean Shoes in ye. Street for a maintenance out of the
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Little I gain, That way I Can but Just Keep my
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self and pay, for my Lodgings but Considering how Young
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I am and the many Temptections which Attend
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that Life I humbly pray Your Worship's to take my
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unhappy Case to a Consideration and if Your wisdom
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should think so fitt to oblige my mastr. to put me into
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such a deicent Habbitt with the Allowance of Sum of
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money and restore my Indentiores that I may become
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Serviceable in some honest business in London or go to
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Sea and Your humble petitioner as in duty bound
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shall ever pray Etc
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Joseph Bentley
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