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WHEREAS Complaint has been made unto Us,
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lately intruded, and come into the said
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become Chargeable to the same, We the said Justices,
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upon Examination of the Premises upon Oath, and other
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Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be true, and do
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also adjudge the Place of the last legal Settlement of the
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and her said
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two Children to be in the
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THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name, to
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require you the said Church Wardens and Over
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seers of the Poor, on Sight hereof to remove and convey
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the said
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and her
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said two Children
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from and out of your said
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and them to deliver unto the Churchwardens and
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Overseers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them
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together with this our Order, (or a true Copy hereof,)
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who are hereby required to receive and provide for
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them according to Law Given under our
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Hands and Seals this 24th. Day of June 1780
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