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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us, whose Names
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are hereunto set and Seals affixed, being two of His Majesty's
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the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Parish
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of St. George
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Hannah Dawson
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her Child
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Mary Dawson
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aged Seven
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Years on thereabouts
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did lately come to inhabit in the said
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not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor produced any
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Certificate owning them to be settled elsewhere,
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and that the said
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Hannah Dawson
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are is likely to become chargeable to the said
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We the said Justices, upon due Proof made thereof, as well upon
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the Examination of the said
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upon Oath, as otherwise, and likewise upon due Consideration
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had of the Premises, do adjudge the same to be true: and we do
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likewise adjudge, that the lawful Settlement of them the said
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and her Child
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Mary Dawson
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is in the said Parish of Saint Paul Shadwell
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in the said
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We do therefore require you, the said Churchwardens and Over
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seers of the Poor of the said
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; or
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some or one of you, to convey the said
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Hannah
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Dawson
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and her Child
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Mary Dawson
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from and out of your said
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, to the said
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Parish of Saint Paul Shadwell
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and them to deliver to the Churchwardens
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and 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 thereof: And we do
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also hereby require you, the said Churchwardens and Overseers of
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the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Paul
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Shadwell to receive and provide for them as Inhabitant s of
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your said Parish Given under our Hands and Seals, the
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Twenty Ninth Day of June in the Year of our Lord
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One thousand seven hundred and ninety three
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