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That your Petitioner being by Trade a
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Pencil maker Your Petitioner on the first Day of April 1747
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by the Consent of
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Untill his Age of 24 Years.
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Age of 21 years.
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Contracted Matrimony and haveing Committed Severall
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Irregularities in your Petitioners Family, Your Petitioner
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Agreed to Pay for his Board and Lodging out of your
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Last Procure from
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House of Correction
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& Doth Still Absent
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly Prays your
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