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To the Worshipfull,
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Chairman;
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and the Other of his Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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, for the County of
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Middx
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; assembled at their General Quarter Sessions of the Peace,
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held in & for the said County. the 16th. day of January 1783.
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May it Please your Worships,
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I most humbly begg Leave to be Permitted to Offer myself a Candidate
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to be Appointed Governour of the
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House of Correction
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in the Place
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of Mr
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James Crozier
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resigned.
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My having been
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in the Commission of the Peace
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for this County, upward
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of Twelve years (& I flatter myself Acted therein with reputation) Emboldens me
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to Offer myself a Candidate for the above Office, as it may be presumed I must
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trave a Competent knowledge, of all the Laws, Orders, Rules, & Regulations, that
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may be Necessary for the well Governing & Manageing the same.
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If this my Application should prove Successfull
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Pledge myself
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that It shall ever be my Constant Care & Study, to see that all Orders, Rules, &
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Regulations, that are, or may be made, for the well ordering, & Governing
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thereof to be Strictly Enforced & Obeyd, & Every duty of the Office Executed
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with the Greatest Diligence & Care, & at the same time Act with Humanity
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to the Unhappy Objects Committed to my Care & C
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harge.
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And Am,
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your Worships,
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Most Obedient Humble Servant,
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John Walford
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Constitution
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Row Gray Inn
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Lane Road Jany. 16. 1783}
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