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At a Prison Committee Wednesday
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10th. October 1792
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The Minutes of the last Committee were read
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The Minutes of the several Sub. Committees were read
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The Calender of the prisoners being laid before the Committee there appeared to be
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23 Men
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36 Women
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And they having been all called in and examined the Committee
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. of Prisoner
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His Salary &c.Resolved that
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of the prisoners
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during the pleasure of the Committee with a Salary of Eighteen Shillings a week, that
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he be allowed Two Rooms for his apartments, that he be not permitted to follow any
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other employment, that he reside constantly in the Hospital, and give up the whole of
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his time to the Superintendence of the prisoners that he is not to receive any fee
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emolument or profit whatever over and above his Weekly Wages.
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Ordered the Clerk to give to
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John Gearing
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a fair copy of his appointment.
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Steward & Superintendt.
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to Purchase Hemp and
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Oakum.Ordered the Steward in conjunction with
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to purchase One Ton of
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Hemp and One Ton of Oakum for the employment of the prisoners.
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The Beadle having represented to the Committee that the prisoners were
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suffering great hardships from want of Beds or some covering in the night time
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Steward to purchase
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Straw.Resolved that till some general improvement is adopted for the benefit of the prisoners
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the Steward be ordered to purchase a sufficient quantity of Straw for their use
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Also Mattrasses &c.Resolved that the Steward do purchase four Hair Matrasses and Bolsters with proper
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Blankets and Coverlids for the use of the patients in the Infirmary on the Mens side
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