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To the MINISTER, CHURCH WARDENS, PARISH and PEACE
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OFFICERS of the Parish of
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GENTLEMEN,
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HIS Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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, having received
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from the Grand Jury at their last General Session of the Peace held at
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Clerken-
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well
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, on Thursday May the 24th 1787 a Representation of divers Irregularities and
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Enormities, which call for the active Extertions of the Magistrates and Parish
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Officers, and a more vigorous Execution of the Laws; And it being their earnest
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with that the good Purposes of the said Representation should be carried into Effect;
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They have thought proper to transmit the same together with the very respectable
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Names thereto subscribed, to the several Parishes in this County: And that the Laws
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respecting the several Matters complained of may be generally known, they have sub-
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joined Extracts from such of them as relate to the same, hoping that the Parish Officers
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and principal Inhabitants will exert themselves to see that the said Laws be duly car-
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ried into Execution in Matters of so much Consequence to the good Order as well
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as to the Happiness of the People.
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The Magistrates think it their Duty to recommend it to every Parish to pay a
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particular Attention to that Part of the Representation which respects the Profa-
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nation of the Lord's Day, the Disorders committed in Alehouses, and the great In-
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crease in the number of Vagrants, as the most important and essential steps towards
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putting a Stop to the Evils complained of.
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SESSION-HOUSE,
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For
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Middlesex
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;
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19th June, 1787.
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I am, Gentlemen,
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Your most obedient
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Humble Servant,
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HENRY COLLINGWOOD SELBY
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Clerk of the Peace
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P. S. It is requested that a Vestry be called on the first Sunday or other Con-
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venient Day after the receipt of this Letter, to consider what Steps are most proper
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to be taken in the Business above-mentioned.
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