Sessions House for Middlesex
4th. March 1786

Minutes of the Committee upon Mr. Adams
Petition and other matters

Present
William Bleamire< no role > Esqr.
John Staples< no role > Esqr.
Nathaniel Conant< no role > Esqr .
Thomas Gordon< no role > Esqr.

Read the Minutes of the last Meeting of the Committee
Reas the Letter from the Lord Mayor of the City of London
in the follow of [..]

the number of Vagrants
[..] by him in thorough
Rents of this County from
[..] Sepr. 1782 [..]
Septr. 1785 distinguishing
the Number name [..] from
the City of London

Mr. Adams attending was called in & delivered
An Account of [..] pursuant to the order of the Commee at the
last Meeting of which the following is a Copy vizt.
(has take in the Account)

Read the Report of the Commitee in January

Session 1777
Read the Report of the Committee in Decr.

Session 1784
Mr. Adams being again asked what he thought
the Increase of Vagrants was wing to reply'd the Ease with
which passes [..] were obtained from The Magistrates of the [..] London [..] City of and that he was
of Opinion that the greater number of persons that were [..]
by him were not within the Description of vagrantsandThose very often persons
have been Committed to prison as vagrants and when he
Seensaw them he has been obliged to apply to the Committing
Majastrates to ddthe prisonthem they being unable to perform
the Joruney through illness and many of them have been