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Wee Underwritten having received of
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Jeremiah Garrard
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the sume of
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£460:13s:04d: as appeares by our Receipt dated this Day do promise For our
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selves Execrs: Etc to Indempnify and Defend the said
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Jeremiah Garrard
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from
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any person or persons Demands relateing to the said Debt due to
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St Thomas
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For Attendance Medicines and Cures of Sick and Wounded Seamen
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Whereof the abovesaid £460:13s:04d: is the 2d 1/3d part paid to us Witnesse our hands
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this 22d: June 1702
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Thomas Elton
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To the Rt. Worppll: the President and Trear and the
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rest of the Comittee of Governors of
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The humble Peticon of
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Richd: Torlesse
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One of the
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Physitians
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Thomas Elton
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in the said Hospitall.
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Sheweth
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That dureing the late Warr with France the
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Governors
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were pleased
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to admitt into this Hospitall very great Numbers of Sick and Wounded Seamen
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most of whose Cases were very dangerous and hazardous. Amputations were very
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frequent and the Care and Attendance of
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the Physitian
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and Surgeons and the
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Expence of the
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Apothecary
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and Surgeons Medicines dureing great part of that
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Warr were increased (as your Petr: conceive they may justly affirme) to one Third
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more then the Ordinary Business of the house required they having cured in
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that time above Four Thousand Seamen besides great Numbers of Soldiers and
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other patient.
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That the Comr: for sick and Wounded Seamen takeing Notice hereof gave
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Encouragement to yor: Petr: and the other Surgeons and
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to hope that
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Gratificacon might be Obtained from the Government for such their Extraordinary
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Care and Attendance and Expence of Medicines And thereupon Yor: Petr: and
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the other Surgeons and
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about seven or Eight yeares since as well to avoid
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being guilty of a Breach of the Orders of this House as to make their request
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for a Gratificacon more Effectuall did apply themselves to a grand Comittee for Lease
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to Sollicite for such Gratificacon and prayed their Countenance and Assistance
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therein Which as Your Petr: apprehended they fully obtained that Comittee being
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pleased (as Yor: Peticonr: their Understood it) to desire
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Bartholomew Gracedien
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and Mr
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Evan
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Evans
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(two of their Members) to goe up with them to the Comrs: and to joyne in
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requesting the Comr: Favour in their behalfe and although nothing of this direccon
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may appear in the Minutes of that Comittee the Notice thereof being Omitted
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as your Petrs: believe by reason the said Comittee was just Risen or Riseing at the
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time when your Petr. and the others concerned attended them yett your Petr.
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humbly hope the truth of this Fact will Evidently appear from the Accompt those
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Gentlemen and Mr:
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William Coatsworth
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who alsoe attended that Comittee are able to
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give thereof to whose Memories in this point Yor: Petr Referr themselves.
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That not only those Gentlemen but also Mr. Smith the late Trear was pleased
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soon afterwards to waite on the said Comrs: with yor: Petrs: and the other Surgeons and
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Apothecary and to request a Gratificacon for them and as your Petrs: remember
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Mr: Trear also prayed some Allowance to the Hospitall towards the Charge of
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Rebuilding which the Comrs: said was not in their power to Comply with but as to a
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Gratificacon for yor Petrs: and the other Officers they would recommend it to the Treasurer
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and use their best Endeavours in due time to Obtaine some thing for them or to that
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Effect But at that time it was not thought propper to proceed farther in it.
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That yor: Petr: being Eldest Physitian and Eldest Surgeon thought themselves
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chiefly concerned to look after this Affaire and depending upon the Comr: promise
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called severally time afterwards at their Office to Inquire what was done therein And
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same
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