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That Securitye is given on the admission of the Patients into the Hospll.
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For the finding them Clotho; Not withstanding wth. and she came that has
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been taken by the Officers in applying to the Securitye for Cloths from time
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to time Especially
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against the Winter Season the Patients
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have suffered very much for want thereof and the Hospll been put to considerable
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Extraordinary charge in Phisick and Surgerye And the Honor: and Reputacon
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of it much exposed to Strangers and other by means of the Nakednesse and
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Suffrings of the Patients on That accounts the Observacon of this desert
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moved some Charitable persons about Three Years agoe to give Gifts and
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Legaries toward the Clothing the poor Lunaticks and some Gentlemen of
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they Government to Augment the same and to gett a Wardrobe Established
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Since which the particular Charity to the Wardrobe had been Augmented
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to near Three Hundred pounds but for want of Order for the Tuneing out of
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the Cloths The Wardrobe is indeed increased, but the Charitye Carryed noe
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Further then before nor the Honor. of the Hospll Asserted in this particular
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And considering the provicon. allready in the Wardrobe And that divers
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persons doe and will finde their Lunaticks Cloths, And that many Patients
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are discharged before the Cloths They bring in are roome out And what may
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be saved in Phisick And considering also the general disposicon to
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Charitye on this a court This Committee are of Opinion That in case
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this Court shall Think fitt to supplye with necessarye and convenient
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Cloths such of the Patients who shall from time to time want the
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same and shall not be otherwise provided for It will be but a very small
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Yearly charge for the doeing thereof This they therefore propose to this
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Court And that a Committee may be apppointed to inspect and Settle the
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Stewards account concerning the Wardrobe for the time past And to
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put the same into such a Method That the usuall Monethy
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Comittees may take account of what Cloths are brought into the sd
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Wardrobe and Signe to the same and may alsoe from time to time give
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orders for the Issueing out the same in such manner as they shall
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think convenient This Court Weigheing and considering the matter
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of the same proposall Doe approve thereof And order the same accordingly
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And doe and to the said Comittee Mr Rous Mr Sheppard Mr Shaller
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Andrew
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Willow
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John Drigne
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Mr Moyer Capl. Phillips Capt Blackman
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Mr
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Gabriell Smith
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Mr Humphreys and Mr Withnall for setting the
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Stewards accounts concerning the said Wardrobe and putting the same
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into a Method as aforesaid
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Gift from a pson
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unknown
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Alsoe att this Court Mr Depty: Fazakerlye presented Sixteen Ticketts
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in the Million adventure being a Guift of a person unknown
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and desired to be applyed to the Charity of Bethlem Hospll as the said
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Mr Fazakerly Shall direct who desires the same may goe towards the said
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Wardrobe which is ordered accordinglye And the thanks of this Court
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are
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here given to Mr Depty. Fazakerley for the same
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