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Viscount Townshend
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Principal Secretary of
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Expence
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Sir
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It having been Represented to
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, that
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the Constables in the Out parts of the
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, are discouraged
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from Executing the Warrants of His Majestyes
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for the said County by the
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Vexations Actions and Suits at Law brought
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against them for Searching Houses where Felons
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and other disorderly Persons, resort,
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has commanded me to acquaint you, that Orders
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Shall be given to the
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to defend, at His Majestys Expence all Constables
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and other Peace Officers of the said County in the
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Parts adjacent to London and
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, in any
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Actions or Suits at Law that may be brought or
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commenced against any of them for what they
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shall have done in the due and faithfull Discharge
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of the Duty of their respective Offices, by putting in
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Execution the Warrants issued to them by the Justices
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of the Peace for the purposes above mentioned; of
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which you will please to take Care, that Notice be
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given them, that the Apprehension of Trouble
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and Expense on this Account may no longer
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be a Hindrance to the Carrying on of a
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service so Important to the Peace and
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Security of His Majestys Subjects, and which
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, out of His great Goodness to them
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is graciously pleased to have so much at
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Heart.I am Sir,
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Your most humble Servant
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Townshend
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