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To the Worshipful his Majestys
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said County (One whereof being of the Quorum) bearing
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date the 20th. day of Decr. 1798
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Elizabeth Christopher
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aged (one year and-
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Your Petitioners conceiving themselves Aggrieved
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by the said Order of the said Two Justices Appeal
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to your Worships therefrom & humbly Pray that is
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you will be Pleased to hear them in the Premises &
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Order that the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poor
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of the said Parish of
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