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At a Meeting Etc of his Majesties
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Justices of the Peace
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At Hicks Hall in Saint
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John Street
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On Monday the
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Eighth Day of March 1756
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St. James's
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Evening
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Post of Saturday last.
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The Chairman Communicated to the Gentleman Assembled a Letter
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from the Lords of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council to his Grace
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the Duke of Newcastle.
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Ordered That the said Letter be Read And the Same was read
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accordingly.
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Ordered That the Form of a Warrant be Drawn in Pursuance of the
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said Letter which was accordingly drawn and the same was approved of.
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Ordered That the Letter now Read be Entered in the Publick Book of
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Orders of this Court.
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Ordered That a Copy of the Above Letter be transmitted to the Principal
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Clerk of Each Division in this County together with a Sufficient Number of Warrants
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new Settled to be Made Use of for the Purposes in the said Letter Mentioned.
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Ordered That the Justices in Each Division do forthwith hold a Special
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Session within their several Divisions and Continue the Same from time to time
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more Effectually to Put in Execution the Directions of the said Letter And that
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the said Justices do make a Return of their several Proceedings herein Upon
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the Next County Day in the Next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held
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for this County in Order to be transmitted to the Lords of his Majesties most
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Honourable Privy Council according to the Directions of the said Letter.
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After our very hearty Commendations to Your Grace
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Whereas We did by Our Letter of the Sixth of February 1755
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Signifie unto Your Grace his Majesty's Commands to Call upon the Justices
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of the Peace within the County of Middlesex whereof Your Grace is Custes
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Rotatorur and to Enjoyn and require them to Cause all Stragling Seamen
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fit to Serve on Board his Majestys Ships to be taken up and Sent by Proper
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Persons in Order to be Put On Board the Fleet, Yet not with standing the
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Same there is at this time a Great Want of Seamen for his Majesty's
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Service Altho' there is the Strongest Reason to Apprehend that great Numbers
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of Seamen and Seafaring Men are still Larking about in different Parts
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of the said County in Order to Avoid his Majesties Service And Whereas
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