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<p n="272"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15064_geo204">Whitehall</rs>
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<rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15064_date18">Augt. 9th. 1753</rs>
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<p n="273"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sir,</note>
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The King having thought proper, in<lb></lb>
Considerable of some Circumstancs, humbly<lb></lb>
represented to His Majesty, in favour of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15064_n273-291">Simon<lb></lb>
Smith</rs>
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, who was capitally convicted at the Session<lb></lb>
held at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15064_geo205">Old Bailey</rs>
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, in the Month of June last;<lb></lb>
To grant Him a Reprieve; And being now<lb></lb>
further graciously pleased to extend His Royal<lb></lb>
Mercy to the said Convict, upon Condition of<lb></lb>
Transportation for Seven Years, I am commanded<lb></lb>
to signify to You The King's Pleasure, That The<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15064_n273-2">Simon Smith</rs>
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should be transported for<lb></lb>
The Term abovementioned of Seven Years, to<lb></lb>
some of His Majesty's Colonies, or Plantations, in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15064_geo206">America</rs>
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, pursuant to The Acts of Parliament<lb></lb>
in That Behalf</p>
<p n="274">I am,</p>
<p n="275">Sir,</p>
<p n="276">Your most obedient<lb></lb>
humble Servant</p>
<p n="277"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15064_n277-293">John Newcastle</rs>
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<p n="278">Mr. Recorder of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15064_geo207">City of London</rs>
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