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To the Right Honourable Sir
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. Lord
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Mayor of the
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and to the Rest of His
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Majesty's Justices of the peace for the said City in General
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Quarter Session of the peace assembled.
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Sheweth.
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The humble Petition and Appeal of
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William Slator
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That your Petitioner is
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Apothecary
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to a certain Charitable Institution called
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or known by the name of The General Dispensary for the Relief of the Poor
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under the Management of several Persons who by Voluntary Subscriptions have
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supported the said Charitable Institution from the Year 1770 to this time whereby
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many then sands of poor persons have been Relieved with Physical advice
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and Medicines in the several Disorders with which they were afflicted
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That Your Petitioner as such Apothecary resides in part of a certain
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Building lately erected by Public Voluntary Subscriptions in the Stead of
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an Antient Building therefore made Use of for the London Lying In Hospital
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and which present Building is now made use of by the Subscribers to the said
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Charitable Institution for the Purpose only of carrying their benevolent
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Intentions for the Relief of the poor into Execution.
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That by a certain Rate or Assessment made on or about the third day
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of April 1781 for the Relief of the poor of the said Parish of Saint Botolph
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without
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Aldersgate
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Your Petitioner hath been charged in the Sum of Three
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Pounds towards the Relief of the poor of the said Parish for or in Respect of
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the said Building.
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That Your Petitioner Apprehends that as he is only Apothecary to the
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said Charitable Institution he ought to be Charged in any Sum of
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Money Whatsoever for or in Respect of the said Building towards the Relief
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