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(No 13,) To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the Parish of
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of the Parish of Saint Paul
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to wit.}
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W Blackmore
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WHEREAS Complaint has been made un-
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to Us, two of His Majesty's Justices of the
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Peace acting in and for the
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aforesaid (one whereof being of the QUORUM)
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by the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the said Parish of Saint John of Wap-
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ping. That
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Martha Simpson
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(Wit
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Andrew Simpson
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(Vizt)
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Aged about
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Eight years and
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Margaret
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aged about
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five years lately intruded, and
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came into the said Parish of Saint John of Wap-
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ping and are become chargeable to the same:
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We the said Justice, upon Examination of the
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Premises upon Oath, and other Circumstances,
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do adjudge the same to be true, and do also ad-
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judge the Place of the last legal Settlement of the
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said
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and her said
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two Children, to be in, the said
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in the
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THESE are therefore, in his Majestey's Name,
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to require you, on Sight hereof, to remove
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and convey the said
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Martha Simpson
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and her said two Children
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from and out of your said Parish of Saint John
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of
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to the said Parish of
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Saint
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and them deliver unto the Church-Wardens and
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there, or to some or one of
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them, together with this our Order, or a true Co-
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py hereof, who are hereby required to receive
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and provide for them according to Law.
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Given under our Hands and Seals this
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Day of July 1778
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