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May 1784
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To His Majestys Justices of the Peace for the
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in their General Quarter Session of the Peace holden for the
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said County in the Month of April 1784 assembled
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The Report of the Committee appointed To
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take into Consideration the Building a New
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House of Correction
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on a Scale adapted to the
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Ground purchased of the Quakers together
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with the Scite of the present House of
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Correction.
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The said Committee Report
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That having taken into Consideration the Order of
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reference to them made at the last Session Vizt. "That the Consideration
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of building a
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New House of Correction
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on a Scale adapted to the Ground
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purchased of the Quakers together with the scite of the present House
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of Correction be referred to a Committee and a plan or plans be prepared
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by them for that purpose to be laid before the Court on the County day of
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next Session"
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The Committee proceeded to appoint an Architect to
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prepare a plan or plans of a House of Correction for this County adapted
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to the Ground approved of by the Court for that purpose and thereupon
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appointed
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Jacob Leroux
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Architect
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for the above purpose
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It appearing that the greatest number of Prisoners confirmed
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at any one time in the House of Correction hath been 233 Your Committee
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Resolved that Accomodation for not more than 350 together with
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proper conveniences for labour be provided in the New House of
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Correction to be built for this County and gave it as an instruction to the
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Architect to form a Plan with a Surrounding Wall to the prison & another
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Plan without such Wall.
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Mr Leroux pursuant to the Resolutions of the Committee
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produced Two Plans of a House of Correction for this County on a Scale adapted
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to the Ground purchased of the Quakers for that purpose Vizt. One with a
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Surrounding Wall the other without such Wall the same were Marke A.
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Aa Ab Ac Ad Ae. B and signed by the Clerk to the Committee
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and are here unto subjoined.
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