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To the Constable,
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within the said Parish and likewise to all
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WHEREAS
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Elizabeth Bell
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aged upwards of Twenty Three Years was
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apprehended in the Parish of St. Margaret
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Vagabond and brought before Me One of
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his Majesty
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the Peace for this City and Liberty and upon Examination of the said
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taken before me upon Oath, it doth
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Vagabonds within the true Intent
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and Meaning of the Statute in that Case made and provided, and that the
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last Legall place of Settlement of the said
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Elizabeth
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as in the said
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THESE are therefore to require you the said
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Tythingman, or other
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, to convey the said
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in the next direct way
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to the
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at Tothill Feilds in the sd. Parish of
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and you the said Governor or Master; of the said House of Cor-
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rection, to receive the said
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Elizabeth Bell
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into
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your Custody, and her to convey or cause to be conveyed
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to the first House of Correction in the next County or Place in the direct
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way to the said Parish or Town of Bow
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and in like Manner, every other Governor or Master of every House of
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Correction to whom it may belong to convey the said Elizabeth
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Bell from
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the
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shall arrive at the House of Correction belonging to the County,
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, City, Borough, Town-Corporal, Division or Liberty, to which
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the said Parish, Town, or Place of Bow
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doth belong, and the
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Master or Governor of the said House of Correction last mentioned, to
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convey and deliver or cause to be conveyed and delivered the said
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Elizabeth Bell
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to some Church-warden Chapel-
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warden or Overseer of the Poor of the said Parish or Town of
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Bow to be there provided for accord-
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ing to Law; and you the said Church-wardens, Chapel-wardens and
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, are hereby required to receive the said Person
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her
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as aforesaid. GIVEN under my
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Hands and Seals this 25th Day of April in the Year
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of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty One
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Sold by F. Coles, Stationer, in
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