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To The Right Honourable
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Thomas Wright
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the Worshipful His Majesty's
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the Peace holden for the same City Assembled
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The humble Petition and Appeal of The
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Reverend
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Sheweth
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That Your Petitioner hath been for above Twenty Years
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past and now is Library Keeper to the President and
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and as such Library Keeper resides
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in Apartments in the said College and is allowed a certain
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That by a certain Rate or Assessment made on or about
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the Twenty fourth Day of July last for the Relief of the Poor
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of the said Parish of Saint Alphage Your Petitioner hath been
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charged in the Sum of Twenty eight Shillings towards the
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Relief of the Poor of the said Parish for and in Respect of the
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said Apartments in the said College in which Your
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to the said President and Fellows he ought not to be
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