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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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St. Paul
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unto Us whose Hands
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and Seals are hereunto set, two of his Majestys
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Justices of the Peace
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Robert
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her daughter
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the Lawfull Isue of the Said Robert Esmead
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have
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lately intrudedthem Selvesinto your said Parish of
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the Settlement of the Poor, andarethere like to become charge-
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able, if not timely prevented: And whereas, upon due Examina-
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tion and Enquiry made into the Premises,on Oath and
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other Circumstaces
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Elizabeth Esmead and Ann Esmead are
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and that the last legal Place
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of Settlement of the saidElizabeth Esmead and Ann
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Esmead her daughteris in the said Parish of
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, in the City of
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These are therefore in his Majestys Name, to order and require you
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the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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aforesaid, that you,
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or some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the saidElizabeth
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Esmead and Ann Esmead
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from your said Parish of
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to the said Parish ofSt. Phillips
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and St. Jacobandthereindeliver
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to the Churchwardens and overseers of the Poor there, or some or
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one of them, together with this our Warrant, or Order, or a true
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Copy hereof; whereby they are likewise required in his Majestys
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Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in Such Case made, forthwith to
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receive the saidElizabeth Esmead and Ann
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Esmead
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into their saidParishand provide forthem
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as their own Parishioners Given under our Hands and Seals, the
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NinethDay ofMayin the Year of our
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Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred andThirty Seven
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