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and has ever since enjoyed and
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taken due care of the execution of the said Office,
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but being at present by his great Age and Infirmities
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rendred almost uncapable of any business, he is
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desirous to Surrender the said Office to the Petitioner
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his only San.
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Your humble Petitioner therefore prays
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that your Worships would be pleased
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to accept of his father's Surrender and
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to appoint the Petitioner to Succeed
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him in the aforesaid Officer
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