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To the Worshipfull The Chairman and the
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rest of his Majesties
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That sometime since certain of the Journeymen Exercising
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the said Trade of a
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and Families and that they might not be entirely Destitute
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in the said Trade at an under Price) made Application to your
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Petitioners and divers Others of the Manufacturers in the
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Neighbourhood of
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aforesaid desiring them to use their
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Endeavours to Settle and Ascertain the Prices which ought to be
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Paid for making the Differrent kind of Works Manufactured in
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Common by your Petitioners themselves and the rest of the Manufactures
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using the said trade
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That in Pursuance of the said request of the said Journey men
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your Peitioners and the said Other Manufacturers on the behalf of
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themselves and the rest of the Masters in the said Trade in the
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William Durant
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Jacob Buckey
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John Murphy
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Thomas Haddon
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Six several Journeymen Nominated
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in Order to Settle and Agree upon the Paries which ought to be paid
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for making or Manufacturing the differrent Kinds of Work made
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up or Manufactured in the said Trade And in Consequence there of
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the several Prices of Work so far as they could be Settled and
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Ascertained were mutually Agreed to by your Petitioners on the
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behalf of themselves and the nest of the master and by the said
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