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Upon Reading the humble Petition of
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Settingforth That he and his Wife have Lived in this Hospital and
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Precinct upwards of 43 Years the greatest part of which time he was
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and Maintained a great Family as an
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in this Hospital
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and made Several free of this City but by reason of the great decay and uncertainly
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of Trade he Suffered many great Losses which have reduced him to a mean Condition
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and that he is above 60 years of age very dim and quite
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Disabled
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from following
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his Employment and very Uncapable of Supporting himself and his wife who is
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very much Afflicted with pains and Weakness in her Limbs for want of Convenient
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fort & Raiment to Support NatureAnd that he and his wife have had
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five pence a day to maintain themselves and are now very week and in a Pending
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Condition and conant Subsist without further releifAnd praying that the
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Court would he pleased to Commistrate his Condition and Consider on some
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Expedient for his ReliefIt is Order'd that the Consideration of
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