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<p n="1">To the Right Honourable <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n1-1">William<lb></lb>
Beckford</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15081_occ1">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15081_occ2">Lord Mayor</rs>
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of the City<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15081_geo1">London</rs>
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, and the rest of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15081_occ3">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15081_geo2">City of London</rs>
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in general Session of the Peace assembled;</p>
<p n="2">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n2-1">John Bradshaw</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n2-2">Thomas Bradshaw</rs>
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his Son,</p>
<p n="3"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth,</note>
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That your Petitioner the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n3-1">Thomas Bradshaw</rs>
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was<lb></lb>
bound an <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15081_occ4">Apprentice</rs>
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to <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n3-2">William Gibson</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15081_geo3">Salisbury Court</rs>
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in the parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15081_geo4">Saint Brides</rs>
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London <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15081_occ5">Cabinet Maker</rs>
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by Indenture bearing Date the 21st<lb></lb>
of September 1767 for the Term of seven Years from the 1st. Day of August<lb></lb>
then last past And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n3-3">William Gibson</rs>
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in Consideration of the Sum<lb></lb>
of Ten Pounds did agree to leach and instruct your Petitioner the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n3-4">Thomas Bradshaw</rs>
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in the Art of a Cabinet Maker.</p>
<p n="4">That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n4-1">William Gibson</rs>
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hath employed your Petitioner<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n4-2">Thomas Bradshaw</rs>
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in grinding Paint and carrying out large<lb></lb>
Burthens as a Porter ever since he hath been in his Service and hath<lb></lb>
out employed your said Petitioner in his Business of a Cabinet Maker</p>
<p n="5">That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n5-1">William Gibson</rs>
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never works in his Trade<lb></lb>
of a Cabinet Maker and hath no Tools or <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15081_occ6">Journeyman</rs>
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or other person,<lb></lb>
to instruct your Petitioner the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n5-2">Thomas Bradshaw</rs>
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in the said Trade,</p>
<p n="6">That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n6-1">William Gibson</rs>
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hath lately had an<lb></lb>
Execution in his House and is indebled to many persons in large Sums<lb></lb>
of Money which he is unable to pay</p>
<p n="7">That on the 6th. Day of February instant the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n7-1">William Gibson</rs>
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turned your Petitioner the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n7-2">Thomas Bradshaw</rs>
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not of<lb></lb>
his House and your Petitioner the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n7-3">John Bradshaw</rs>
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hath been</p>
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