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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of
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the poor of the parish of st. Dyonis Back
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Church London And to the rest of the
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Gentlemen of the Vestry of the said
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The Humble Petition of
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Ruth Harris
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of the parish
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of
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aforesaid Widdow of
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John Harris
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late of the same parish
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Humbly Sheweth
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That your Petitioner being very
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aged and infirm is reduced to great want and poverty
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in so much that it were impossible for her to subsist
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were it not through the Care and Industry of her
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Daughter
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who now lives with and
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provides for her.
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Your Petitioner therefore Chumbly
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prays That you the Gentlemen above said
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will look upon her as the greatest object
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of your Charity And will be pleased to
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bestow upon her the Five pounds now in
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Your Power to dispose of as being the
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Gift of Alderman Aboey deceased to a
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poor House keeper in this parish to be
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paid yearly at Christmas
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And Your Petitioner Shall ever
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pray Etc
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