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January 1781

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of the Materials and the work requisite therein for the use of such
persons as may be inclined to offer proposals to Execute the said
intended alterations and additions: and that when Mr Rogers
hath formed the said Estimate and prepared such description
of the Materials And the Work he do deliver the same to the Clerk
of this Committee for the use of the said Committee, and that the
Clerk do thereupon publish an advertisement for proposals accordg.

It appearing further to this Committee that in
consequence of a Report of this Committee made and Confirmed
at the General Session of the Peace holden in and for this County.
in the month of September 1778 Twenty five Jackets and Trowsers
and Twenty five Jackets and Pettycoats were Ordered to be provided
and made for the use of the Prisoners in New Prison and the
House of Correction at Clerkenwell while in Confinement
That Twenty five Jackets and Trowsers and Twenty five
Jackets and Petty coats had pursuant to the said order been
provided for and used by the Prisoners in the House of Correction
at Clerkenwell that the same had been found very convenient
but were now worn out and that no Jackets Trowsers or Petty coats
had been made for the use of the Prisoners in New Prison . Resolved
it is the Opinion of this Committee that a sufficient quantity of White
Woollen Stuff be provided by the respective Keepers of New Prison and
the House of Correction at Clerkenwell for the making Twenty five
Jackets and Trowsers for the use of the Male Prisoners in each
Prison and Twenty five Jackets and Pettycoats for the use of the
Female Prisoners in the said Prisons and that the Keepers do take
care to have the same properly made up by the Prisoners in their
respective Custody allowing those who shall assist to make the said
Dresses a small pecuniary allowance or the amount thereof in
Provisions and that the said Keepers do also take care to Report
from time to time to the Session the State of the said Cloaths

It appearing also that in consequence of the Report
last abovementioned Mr Rogers was Ordered to form a Plan of a
Room in which the Cloaths of the Prisoners upon their coming into
Prison may be smoaked and Cleaned and wherein a Copper
and a Cistern lined with lead might be placed for the purpose
of washing and of warm bathing and to make an Estimate




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