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The General Prices this
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Twenty first
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day of October Anno Dni 1719
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for Some
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time past of the Severall Sorts of Midling English
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Corn and Grain undermenconed. (Each Quarter to
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contain Eight Bushels and each Bushel to
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contain Eight Gallons & no more) as they are Sold
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in the Markets in & near ye
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City of London
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are as
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Very good English Midling Wheat The Quarter
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is Twenty Eight Shillings
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The like Sort of English Rye the Quarter is
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Twenty one Shillings
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Barley the better Sort The Quarter is Twenty
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two Shillings
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Very good Pease for boyling The Quarter is Thirty
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two Shillings
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The best of Gray pease & beans for horses & hoggs
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the Quarters is Twenty five Shillings
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Good pleane
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beam the Quarter is Twenty one
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Good Garden Beans
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The Quarter is Forty
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English Sort of Midling Oates the Quarter is
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Fourteen Shillings
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We
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Lancaster Mandes
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et ye Parish of
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St Olaves Southwark
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Carman
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Willim Smith
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of ye parish of
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St. Saviours Southwark
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aforesd in ye County of
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Surry
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being persons Qualified According to the directions of the late Act of
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Parliament Intituled an Additional Act for Improvement of Tillage
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do Certifie According to the best of our knowledge and Information
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being conversant in the Corn Markets in and near the City of London
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That the abovesaid Prices Are the Common Market Prices of the Several
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Sorts of Midling English Grain of the respective Sorts as they are bought
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and Sold Witness our hands the day and Year aforesd
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Jur in Cur
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21 die Octobris
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1719
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