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<p n="186"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Worthy Sr</note>
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Pardon my Rudeness in Writing to you<lb></lb>
But Necessity the mother of Inventions Causes the<lb></lb>
Troubling of you Namely. yt. I am A poor distressed<lb></lb>
prisoner now In in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50286_geo166">newprison</rs>
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Allmost Starved for<lb></lb>
want having bin in Goal<obscured></obscured>
Nine Weeks and<lb></lb>
with Lyeth upon the Boards the Use of My limbs is<lb></lb>
taken from me And Worthy Sr. What Ads more to<lb></lb>
Grief Is yt. I have a wife and three Small Children<lb></lb>
St. I was Indicted In August Sessions last<lb></lb>
and pleaded to my Indictmt the last Sessions<lb></lb>
Guilty and Now lyety for my Court fees And worthy good<lb></lb>
Sd. if you'l please to take this my Deplorable Case<lb></lb>
Into Consideration And forgive me my Court fees<lb></lb>
your poor Unfortunate prisoner & Wife and Children<lb></lb>
Shall Ever be bound to pray Etc</p>
<p n="187"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50286_n187-1">Joseph Merry</rs>
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<p n="188"> <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50286_date64">Octor 9o 1732</rs>
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