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To the Worsfull his Maties Justices of the
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peace of the County of Middx
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The humble Peticon of
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William Whitehurst
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in the said
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County on behalf of themselves and other
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Sheweth
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very much out of repair and will require a
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considerable sume of money to repair and amend
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the same which cannot be raised without the and
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Yor Petrs therefore humbly pray that a Rate or
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Assessment not exceeding three half pence in the
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for repairing the said Highwayes according to
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the direction of the Act of Parliamt. in that case
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made, to be collected by the present Surveyors
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of the Highwayes in the said parish And that
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the money collected on the said Rate be imployed
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and laid out as the Justices of the peace for
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And yor Petrs shall ever pray Etc
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Will Whitehurst
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