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Committee Summd. by
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Order of Presidt.This Committee being summoned by Order of the President in consequence of the following Notes from the
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Right Honorable The Lord Mayor addressed to the Porter of
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Letters & Summons from
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the Lord Mayor respectg.
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his being put to labour.
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Robert Oldman
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committed to your custody is to be treated with indulgence
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and not put to hard labor
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25th. October 1792.J. Hopkins Mayor
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Mr. Holt
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I insist upon it that you submit to my directions at your peril
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J. Hopkins Mayor
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Mansion House 25th. October 1792.
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Mr. Holt
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London
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to Wit
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Liberties thereof at the Lord Mayor's Justice Room at the Mansion House
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on sight hereof to shew cause why you refuse to obey my orders
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respecting the commitment of Robert Oldman and herein fail not as you
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will answer the contempt Given under my Hand this 26th day of Octr. 1792
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Commitment.It appeared to this Committee that the above notes and summons were sent by the
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Lord Mayor to the Porter in consequence of his obeying the directions of the Prison
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he being
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with being a Rogue and
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on the 23rd. day of October in the year
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"of our Lord 1792 in the
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