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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the Parish of Saint Bennett
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at Pauls Wharf London, and the
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Church Wardens and Overseers of the
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for the City of
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London and Liberties thereof, one being of the Quorum, by
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her illegitimate Son named
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aged five
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Month hath
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lately come to reside in their said Parish, not having obtain'd
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any legal Settlement there, and are likely to become charge-
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able thereto, unless timely prevented, which Complaint We
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the said Justices, upon due Proof made thereof, as well upon
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the Oath of the said Hester as otherwise, do
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adjudge to be true; and we do also adjudge the last legal
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Settlement of the said Haster and her said
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and that hitherto they ought by Law to be sent.
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These are therefore in
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quire you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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her said Child
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from and out of your Parish, unto the said Parish of
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And her deliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with this
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our order, who is and are hereby required to receive and pro-
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vide for them according to Law. Given under our Hands
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and Seals, this 6th Day of Novr One Thousand
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Seven Hundred and Eighty one
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