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The Humble Petition of
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William Kerley
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Sheweth
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That your Petitioner most humbly Acknowledges the
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Instness of his Sentence but having been Afflicted with
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the Rumatizm and been in the Hospital nineteen Weeks
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and came out of the Hospital only a Week before this
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Unfortunate Accident happend.
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That your Petitioner is a
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Gentlemans Servant
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but
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by means of his illness has made away with what trifle
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of Money he saved when in Place and if Confined according
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to his Sentence it will Prove his utter recive as he must
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part with his Cloaths for a Support having no friend
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in London to Assist him
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Your Petitioner therefore most humbly
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Implores your Worships will be pleased
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to take his Deplorable Situation into
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Consideration and Afford him such
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Relief as in your Great Wisdom shall
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And your Petitioner as in Duty
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