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To the Worshipful his Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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The humble Petition of
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John Jefferd
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Sheweth
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That your Petitioner on the 10th. Day of February 1797
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was bound Apprentice with Twenty Pounds Premium to
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in the
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Coach Carver
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for the
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Term of Seven Years to be by him instructed in the Art of Coach
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Carving and has ever since continued in the Service of the said
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John
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Hall
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That about Twelve months ago the said
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John Hall
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took a Public House in
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where he lodged
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your Petitioner in a Garret with four Beds and where any Person who
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came for a Nights Lodging might and did sleep in consequence
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of which your Petitioner found Vermin upon his Body and Linen
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That the said
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John Hall
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having frequently beat
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your Petitioner in a very severe and cruel manner and not having
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sufficient Business to keep your Petitioner in employ he is desirous
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of being discharged from his said
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Your Petitioner therefore most humbly Prays
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your Worships to Order his Indentures of
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apprenticeship
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to be delivered up to be cancelled
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and a return of so much of the Premium as to
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your Worships shall seem meet.
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And your Petitioner shall ever Pray
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