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<p n="286">That as the Principal Part of the Duty of the Constables<lb></lb>
for the said Division is the Quartering and Billetting of<lb></lb>
Soldiers Which Duty Your Petitioner cannot Perform<lb></lb>
by reason of his not having learnt to Write or Read as<lb></lb>
aforesaid And in Regard That your Petitioner is a very Poor<lb></lb>
Man and has a large Family of a Wife and Four Small<lb></lb>
Children to provide for And is not of Ability to provide a<lb></lb>
Substitute</p>
<p n="287">Your Petitioner therefore most<lb></lb>
humbly prays That your Worships Will<lb></lb>
be pleased to Take the premises into your<lb></lb>
Consideration and humbly hopes That<lb></lb>
Your Worships will (for the Reasons<lb></lb>
aforesaid) Adjudge Your Petitioner to<lb></lb>
be not Eligble to Serve the said Office<lb></lb>
And to Order him to be Discharged from<lb></lb>
the same Or that Your Worships<lb></lb>
will be pleased to Grant to Your Petitioner<lb></lb>
such other Relief in the premises as to<lb></lb>
Your Worships Shall Seem meet</p>
<p n="288">And your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc</p>
<p n="289">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50740_n289-1">John Hilliard</rs>
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