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Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
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Sixth Day of April last
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Elizabeth Hughes
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Saint
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as the place of his last legal Settlement whereby
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you Petitioners conceive themselves to be aggrieved.
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Your Petitioners therefore humbly Appeal
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to this Court against the Adjudication of
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the said two Justices and their said Order
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pleased to appoint a Day to hear and
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determine the said Appeal
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