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[No. 13.]
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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to wit
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R Davies
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I Hawley
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto
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us, two of his Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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acting in and for the
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aforesaid (one whereof being of the Quorum), by the
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Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Parish of St. Jno. of Wapping That
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(Wife of
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aged about two years
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lately intruded, and
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and are become chargeable to the same: We
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the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises
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upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the
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same to be true, and do also adjudge the Place of the
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last legal Settlement of the said
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to be in the said Parish of
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, to
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require you, the said Church-Wardens, and
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Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint
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John of Wapping on sight hereof, to remove and
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convey the said
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and her
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said Child Sophia for Nurture
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from and out of your said Parish of
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to the said Parish of Saint Botolph
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without Aldgate in the County of
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and them deliver unto the Church-Wardens 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 fifth Day of July 1783
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Sold by COLES and EVANS, Stationers, [No. 21.]
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