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<p n="697">By Adjournment on Tuesday the <rs type="date" id="LMSMGO55604_date102">18th.<lb></lb>
day of August 1761</rs>
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<p n="698"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Mr. Hammond<lb></lb>
Mr. Welch<lb></lb>
Mr. Berry<lb></lb>
Mr. Scott<lb></lb>
Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55604_n698-3">John Cox</rs>
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Mr. Bedwell<lb></lb>
Mr. Palmer<lb></lb>
Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55604_n698-5">Hammond Crosse</rs>
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Mr. Fielding<lb></lb>
Mr. Mowbray<lb></lb>
Mr. Teshmaker<lb></lb>
Mr. Greene</note>
The following Letter from the Lord's of his Majesty's most honble Privy<lb></lb>
Council to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle Lord Lient. & Castor Retulorm.<lb></lb>
of this County and transmitted to the Chairman of this Session being read Vizt.</p>
<p n="699">After Our very hearty Commendations to Your Grace.</p>
<p n="700">Whereas His Majestys Service doth at this time required<lb></lb>
a Speedy supply of Seamen and <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55604_occ796">Seafaring Men</rs>
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to Man such<lb></lb>
of His Majestys Ships as are now ready to be Commissioned<lb></lb>
We do therefore Pray and require Your Grace to call Upon the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55604_occ797">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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within the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55604_geo1017">County of Middlesex</rs>
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Whereof<lb></lb>
Your Grace is Custes Rotulorum And strictly enjoin and<lb></lb>
require them to cause all Straggling Seamen who are fit to<lb></lb>
serve on board His Majestys Ships to be taken up and sent<lb></lb>
by proper Persons from Place to Place untill they shall be<lb></lb>
brought to the Captains that shall be Appointed to Regulate<lb></lb>
the business of impressing Men in and about the City of<lb></lb>
London that so they may be put on board such of his<lb></lb>
Majestys Ships or Vessels as shall be Appointed to receive<lb></lb>
them And that there be paid to the Persons who shall be<lb></lb>
intrusted with Conducting them by the said Regulating<lb></lb>
Captains Twenty Shillings for each Seaman fit for his<lb></lb>
Majestys Service and Six pence a Mile for every Mile<lb></lb>
they respectively Travel not exceeding Twenty Miles.<lb></lb>
And so not doubting of Your Graces Zealand Vigour in the<lb></lb>
Performance of this Service We bid Your Grace very heartily<lb></lb>
farewell. From the Council Chamber at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55604_geo1018">St. James's</rs>
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the 22d. Day<lb></lb>
of July 1761.</p>
<p n="701">Your Graces very Loving Friends.<lb></lb>
Melcombe.<lb></lb>
Falmouth.<lb></lb>
Cholmondeley.<lb></lb>
Berkeley.<lb></lb>
R: Nugent.</p>
<p n="702">To His Grace the Duke<lb></lb>
of Newcastle Custos-<lb></lb>
Rotulorum of the County<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55604_geo1019">Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="703"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55604_n703-1">Tho: Clarke</rs>
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