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<p n="1">Sessions House for <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50808_geo1">Middlesex</rs>
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4th. March 1786</p>
<p n="2">Minutes of the Committee upon Mr. Adams<lb></lb>
Petition and other matters</p>
<p n="3">Present<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50808_n3-1">William Bleamire</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50808_occ1">Esqr.</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50808_n3-2">John Staples</rs>
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Esqr.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50808_n3-3">Nathaniel Conant</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50808_occ2">Esqr</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50808_n3-4">Thomas Gordon</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50808_occ3">Esqr.</rs>
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<p n="4">Read the Minutes of the last Meeting of the Committee<lb></lb>
Reas the Letter from the Lord Mayor of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50808_geo2">City of London</rs>
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in the follow of<obscured></obscured>
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<p n="5"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">the number of Vagrants<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
by him in thorough<lb></lb>
Rents of this County from<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
Sepr. 1782<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Septr. 1785 distinguishing<lb></lb>
the Number name<obscured></obscured>
from<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50808_geo3">City of London</rs>
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Mr. Adams attending was called in & delivered<lb></lb>
An Account of<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
pursuant to the order of the Commee at the<lb></lb>
last Meeting of which the following is a Copy vizt.<lb></lb>
(has take in the Account)</p>
<p n="6">Read the Report of the Commitee in January</p>
<p n="7">Session 1777<lb></lb>
Read the Report of the Committee in Decr.</p>
<p n="8">Session 1784<lb></lb>
Mr. Adams being again asked what he thought<lb></lb>
the Increase of Vagrants was wing to reply'd the Ease with<lb></lb>
which passes<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
were obtained from The Magistrates of the<obscured></obscured>
London<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
City of and that he was<lb></lb>
of Opinion that the greater number of persons that were<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
by him were not within the Description of vagrants<del>and</del>
Those very often persons<lb></lb>
have been Committed to prison as vagrants and when he<lb></lb>
<del>Seen</del>
saw them he has been obliged to apply to the Committing<lb></lb>
Majastrates to dd<del>the prison</del>
them they being unable to perform<lb></lb>
the Joruney through illness and many of them have been</p>
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