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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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The petition of
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Thomas Ballan
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Humbly sheweth
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Tatit your petitionr being a poore Blind man
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near fourstore yeares of age and haveing
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from the parish of
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St Giles in the
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for upwards of Eighteen yeares and haveing
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the same now taken from me Notwithstanding I house
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stood in the Church Booke so long for that time above
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said and the Overseers have now blotted out your
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petitioner out of the parish Booke
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Your petionr therefore humbly prays That Your
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Honors. will be pleased to take into consideracon the deploreab
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Condition of yor petitionr and cause the parish to restore
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him to his former pention being unable to walke as he
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used by reason of haveing two ribbs brokeby a Coath pale
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and another another rib by reason of his blindness in falling
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into a Cellar so as you petitconr is not able to goe abroad
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as ab hath done prays therefore yor Honors Charity towards
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restoreing him
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And as in Duty bound he shall over
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