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<p n="423">To the worshipfull Chairman And Others<lb></lb>
of the Majestys Justice's of the Peace Assembled<lb></lb>
at the Quarter Sessions for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50745_geo463">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50745_geo464">Held</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50745_geo465">Hicks Hall</rs>
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Octor. 13. 1781.</p>
<p n="424">The Humble Petition of Several Debtors<lb></lb>
Confired in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50745_geo466">Clerkenwell</rs>
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Bridwell</p>
<p n="425"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That the Said Prison being Originally<lb></lb>
Intended for the Reception of Criminal Offenders<lb></lb>
only, It Is in many Respects Destitute of those<lb></lb>
Conveniences Necessary to the Preservation of your<lb></lb>
Petitioner Health In Particular they have at<lb></lb>
Present bo Room to Dwell in Except that wherein<lb></lb>
they Keep, which Having no fire place they are<lb></lb>
Obliged to Send their Provisions out of the Prison<lb></lb>
to be Cooked, at an Expence and Loss which<lb></lb>
many of them are Unable to Support, and when<lb></lb>
brought Back they are Obliged to Congregate<lb></lb>
Under the Gateway, where they must Remain<lb></lb>
In the most Inclement Season of the year now<lb></lb>
to be Expected</p>
<p n="426">Therefore they Humbly Pray that your worships<lb></lb>
Would be Pleased to Indulge them with<lb></lb>
a Dutch Stove of about Sixteen Inches<lb></lb>
in front, in the Room wherein they now<lb></lb>
Sleep, And that they may be Allowed to<lb></lb>
Sleep in the Same Room appointed for</p>
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