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By Adjournment on Tuesday the
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18th.
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Mr. Hammond
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Mr. Welch
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Mr. Palmer
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Hammond Crosse
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Mr. Fielding
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Mr. Greene
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The following Letter from the Lord's of his Majesty's most honble Privy
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Council to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle Lord Lient. & Castor Retulorm.
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of this County and transmitted to the Chairman of this Session being read Vizt.
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After Our very hearty Commendations to Your Grace.
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Whereas His Majestys Service doth at this time required
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a Speedy supply of Seamen and
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Seafaring Men
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to Man such
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of His Majestys Ships as are now ready to be Commissioned
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We do therefore Pray and require Your Grace to call Upon the
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Justices of the Peace
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within the
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Whereof
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Your Grace is Custes Rotulorum And strictly enjoin and
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require them to cause all Straggling Seamen who are fit to
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serve on board His Majestys Ships to be taken up and sent
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by proper Persons from Place to Place untill they shall be
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brought to the Captains that shall be Appointed to Regulate
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the business of impressing Men in and about the City of
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London that so they may be put on board such of his
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Majestys Ships or Vessels as shall be Appointed to receive
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them And that there be paid to the Persons who shall be
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intrusted with Conducting them by the said Regulating
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Captains Twenty Shillings for each Seaman fit for his
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Majestys Service and Six pence a Mile for every Mile
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they respectively Travel not exceeding Twenty Miles.
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And so not doubting of Your Graces Zealand Vigour in the
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Performance of this Service We bid Your Grace very heartily
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farewell. From the Council Chamber at
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the 22d. Day
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of July 1761.
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Your Graces very Loving Friends.
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Melcombe.
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Falmouth.
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Cholmondeley.
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Berkeley.
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R: Nugent.
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To His Grace the Duke
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of Newcastle Custos-
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Rotulorum of the County
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Tho: Clarke
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