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Liberty there is not the least doubt but he will resume his Frade which
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he contends he has a right to follow and the Mischief to the public
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may be greater than ever
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The following petition of Mr.
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Thomas Gibbs
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which petition is as follows
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The Petition of
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Thos. Gibbes
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to the Jails of
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Humbly Sheweth
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That Your petitioner in January 1775 was appointed
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&
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was allowed the Yearly Sum of £60 for his attendance & Medicines
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& that notwithstanding Your petitioner found the trouble and Expence
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from the number of the Sick exceeded his Expectation Yet her
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Conscientiously continued to discharge the duty of the Office to the
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utmost of his Power
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That soon after an Act of parliament passed by which
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the punishment of Convicts sentenced to Transportation was changed
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to that of Imprisonment in Consequence of which Your petitioner has
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had not only the Care of those he was first appointed to attend but
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also of all those who from Session to Session have been Sentenced
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to Imprisonment in the said Jails Many of whom come in diseased
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and frequently continuce so from their Poverty and long Confinement
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not to mention the many infected prisoners who from time to time are
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sent to remain in these Jails from
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That as the trouble and Expence brought upon Your
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Petitioner by this great Encrease of prisoners greatly exceeds what
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would arise from an equal number of others owing to their
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complicated distress under a long Confinement he hopes that this
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Court will have the goodness to take his Case into Consideration and
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afford him such relief as shall be deemed Just and reasonable
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And Your Petitioner
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Shall Ever Pray Etc.
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