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to wit.}
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To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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, and to the
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of Saint James in the Liberty of
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aforesaid and to each and every them
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Sampn Wright
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WHEREAS Complaint has been made unto Us,
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two of His Majesty's
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Justices Peace
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acting
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in and for the
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aforesaid (One whereof being of the Quorum) by the
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John
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a
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Male Bastard Child aged Ten Weeks
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(deserted by his Mother
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Elizabeth Hughes
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) hath
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lately intruded, and come into the said Parish of
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, and is become Charge-
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able to the same
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We the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises
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upon the Oath of the said
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and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same
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to be true, and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal
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Settlement of the said John to be in the Parish of
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the said
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Saint James aforesaid
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THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name, to require
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you the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the said Parish of
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, on Sight
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hereof, to remove and convey the said John
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from and out of your said Parish of
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Saint Paul Covent-
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Garden
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, to the said Parish of
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Saint James
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and him deliver unto the Church-wardens and
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Overseers of the Poor there, or to some, or One of them,
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together with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof, who
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are hereby required to receive and provide for him
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according to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals
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this 6th. Day of April 1785
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