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The humble Petition of
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Sheweth
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That Your petitioner has been regularly
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brought up to the
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in the Various Branches of the Business for
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nine Years. therefore humbly presumes to
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offer himself a Candidate to be Surveyor and
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We whose Names are under written being
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Surveyors and Builders do Certify that Mr. Gray
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we believe to be in every respect well Qualified for
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the above office knowing him to have been
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regularly educated for the Prosession of a
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Long
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A Copy only of a petition delivered the last Session
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My Father Mr.
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Saml Gray
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Upwards of 40 Years
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