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at their General
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Sheweth
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That your Petitioner by a rate or assessment on
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the several Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Bridget
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otherwise Bride in the
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made and aforesaid on the twenty ninth
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day of June last for the relief of the Poor thereof And by
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another rate or assessment on the several Inhabitants
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of the said Parish made and assessed on the fifth day of
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October last for the relief of the Poor thereof and by another
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rate or Assessment on the several Inhabitants of the
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said Parish made and assessed on the fourth day of January
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last hath been as an Inhabitant of the said Parish rated
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and assessed to pay to the relief of the said Poor the Sum of
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Forty five pounds for the said three quarters of a year being
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to Christmas last.
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Your Petitioner conceiving himself aggrieved by
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the said Rates or Assessments the same not being equal
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and equitable rates according to the several rents and
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the property of the respective inhabitants of the said
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Humbly prays that the said Rates or Assessments
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so far as they relate to your Petitioner may be
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quashed or set a side or that such further or other
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relief may be granted to your Petitioner as to his
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Honourable Court shall seem meet
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