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"An Account of the Number of Vagrants and Pass's's received by
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"My Adams from Oct. Session 1782 to Oct. Sess: 1785 prepared pursuant
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'A. "Session
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Other parts of
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England
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Total
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"Oct-82 to Oct83
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428 by 301
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708 by 539
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754 by 570
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1001 by 635
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2981 by 1985
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"Oct. 83 Oct. 84
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577 - 395
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756 - 606
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1931 - 1558
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903 - 601
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4107 - 3160
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"Oct.84 - Oct. 85
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572 - 423
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760 - 626
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2231 - 1826
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682 - 479
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4185 - 3354
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"Oct. 82 to Oct 85.
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2224 - 1771
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4916 -3884
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2586 -1715
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11183 - 8499
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Read the Report of the Committee in January 1777
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Read the Report of the Committee in December Session 1784
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Mr. Adams being again Asked what he thought the Increase of
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Vagrants was owing to Reply'd the Ease with which Passes were
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obtained from the Magistrates of the
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And that he was of
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Opinion that the greater Number of Persons that were removed by him
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were not within the description of Vagrants That very Often Persons
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have been committed to Prison as Vagrants and when he saw them he
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has been obliged to apply to the Committing Magistrate to discharge them
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they being unable to perform the Journey through Illness and many of
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them have been under the Apothecaries Care for 9 or 10 days.
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That upon an Average he has had them about once in a fortnight
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sent from the City in the Condition he has above described
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That the following paupers were sent to his House in Situations
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of which he gives the following Account vizt.
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"N:B: Brought to my House 21st. July was so bad the next Morning as
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not be able to go with the other Paupers with a Fever & Ague as he said
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Order'd him Mint & Baume Tea Etc he being very delirious - the next Night
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sent for Advice on Examination found he had had a violent Blow on the
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back part of his head which the Surgeon imagin'd has injured the Brain
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Apply'd to the parish Officers of
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