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February 1793
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Robert Jones
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- A very
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young Man
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has been dangerously ill of
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the same kind of Fever as
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Dowker
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and Rawlins, is now slowly
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recovering but so very weak and his health so much injured by his
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Illness that there is a probability a relapse would end him.
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Thomas Farthing
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- Exceedingly debilitated from long
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confinement in a Fever but convalescent. His disease much
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increased by anxiety of mind and dejection: Has a Wife just
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ready to lie
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in, and one Child.
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John Palmer
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- Taken ill Yesterday and worse to day with
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every symptom of increasing Fever; From the apparent delicacy of
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his constitution it is probable that should his disease by being worse
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tomorrow occasion his being removed to the Sick Ward, it would go
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very hard with him.
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George Benbow, - an Elderly Man has been at different
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times in the Sick List, has Symptons of Fever, and ever since he
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came into the Prison, has had a very painful Ulcer on his Leg.
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Love Middleditch
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- Lay for a very long time his Life
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utterly Despaired of and his recovery very unexpected, continues very
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weak, and appears to be destitute of Money and Friends.
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The foregoing statement as far as relates to the Health of the
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Prisoners mentioned therein is Strictly true:
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The other circumstances
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we belive to be true as far as information or our own Observation can
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unable us to ascertain them.
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Thos. Gibbes
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Apothecary
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Wm. Chamberlaine
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Surgeon
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No. 29
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Aylesbury Street, Clerkenwell
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Attending
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Bridewell
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for Mr. Gibbes.
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Mr. Gibbes the
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and
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attending was asked whether any Application had been
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made to him by any department of Government respecting the
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? and having answered in the
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