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to Wit
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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WHEREAS Complaint has been made unto
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Us, two of his Majesty's
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John
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aged near two year
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aged one year and upward i have
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lately intruded and come into the said
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and are likely to become Chargeable to the same
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Wm. Gas
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We the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises
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upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same
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to be true, and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal
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Settlement of the said
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and his said Wife and Children
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to be in the Parish of
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Saint Mary Aldermary
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James Croft
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THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name, to require
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you the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the said Parish of Saint Anne. on Sight hereof, to re-
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move and convey the said
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from and out of your said
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, to the
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said Parish of
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Saint Mary Aldermary
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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 to One of them,
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together with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof, who
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are hereby required to receive and provide for them
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according to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals
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this 12th Day of July 1785
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